Conventional stress test: Is it useful to improve patients prognosis post myocardial infarction? Arguments against;¿Es realmente útil la prueba de esfuerzo realizada después de un infarto de miocardio para mejorar el pronóstico de los pacientes? Argumentos en contra

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 541-546

  Bardají Ruiz, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Myocardial infarCtion; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 2542562831     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74787-6     Document Type: Article

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