Prognostic significance of exercise stress echocardiography in 3329 outpatients (5-year longitudinal study)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-305

  Leischik, Roman ^a   Dworrak, Birgit ^a   Littwitz, Henning ^a   Gülker, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercising testing; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250357295     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.190     Document Type: Article

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