Echocardiographic Monitoring Throughout Exercise. Better Than the Post-Treadmill Approach?**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1864-1866

  Piérard, Luc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREADMILL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 35548955527     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.056     Document Type: Editorial

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