Diagnostic testing in the elderly: Imaging is great, but it's not the whole story

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 340-342

  Forman, Daniel E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39049119066     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.07637.x     Document Type: Review

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