Screening with the exercise test: Time for a guideline change?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1353-1354

  Froelicher, Victor F ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 25444519185     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi303     Document Type: Editorial

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