Association of Duke Prognostic Treadmill Scores With Change in P-Wave Duration During Exercise Tolerance Tests in Patients With Interatrial Block and Coronary Heart Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 786-788

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,b   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^c   Spodick, David H ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33748038351     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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