Novel predictor of prognosis from exercise stress testing: Heart rate variability response to the exercise treadmill test

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Dewey, Frederick E ^a   Freeman, James V ^b   Engel, Gregory ^b   Oviedo, Raul ^c   Abrol, Nayana ^c   Ahmed, Natasha ^c   Myers, Jonathan ^b   Froelicher, Victor F ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RR INTERVAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL;

EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846199553     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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