Exercise testing in asymptomatic adults: A statement for professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 771-776

  Lauer, Michael ^a   Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan ^a   Williams, Mark ^a   Kligfield, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Coronary disease; Exercise test; Heart rate; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY; CHRONOTROPISM; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244448951     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.166543     Document Type: Review

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