Exercise testing in chest pain units: Rationale, implementation, and results

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 503-516

  Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a   Kirk, J Douglas ^a   Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Lewis, William R ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 27644459405     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2005.08.016     Document Type: Review

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