The relationship between gender and clinical management after exercise stress testing

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Daugherty, Stacie L ^a   Peterson, Pamela N ^a,b   Magid, David J ^a,c   Ho, P Michael ^a,d   Bondy, Jessica ^a   Hokanson, John E ^a   Ross, Colleen A ^c   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,c,d   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUKE TREADMILL SCORE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART WORK; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47849126659     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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