Agreement between centers on the interpretation of exercise echocardiography;Concordancia intercentros en la interpretación de la ecocardiografía de ejercicio

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Peteiro, Jesús C ^a,g   Alonso, Ángel M ^b   Florenciano, Rafael ^c   Juanatey, Carlos González ^d   de la Morena, Gonzalo ^c   Iglesias, Ignacio ^f   Moreno, Mar ^e   Rodríguez, Miguel A ^f  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Ecocardiografía   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

^g NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Exercise echocardiography; Intercenter agreement

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 33344454393     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13083647     Document Type: Article

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