Use of additional electrocardiograph leads in low-risk patients undergoing exercise treadmill testing

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-126

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a,b   Kirk, J Douglas ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel A ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise treadmill testing; Observation unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 33749449025     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000221556.17873.55     Document Type: Article

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