The use of exercise stress testing for the management of low-risk patients with chest pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 889-892

  Kogan, Asia ^a   Shapira, Reuma ^a   Lewis, Basil S ^a   Tamir, Ada ^a   Rennert, Gad ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 68349112731     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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