Electrocardiographic exercise stress testing: An update beyond the ST segment

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-299

  Higgins, John P ^a   Higgins, Johanna A ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Score; Stress testing; Treadmill testing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA STENOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; CORONARY STENT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33847236573     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.04.047     Document Type: Review

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