Exercise testing in asymptomatic subjects: From diagnostic test to prognostic tool?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1803-1806

  Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BICYCLE EXERCISE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONOTROPISM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 48749112604     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn165     Document Type: Note

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