Value of exercise echocardiography for predicting mortality in elderly patients

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1122-1130

  Bouzas Mosquera, Alberto ^a,b   Peteiro, Jesús ^a,b   Broullón, Francisco J ^a   Álvarez García, Nemesio ^a   Méndez, Elizabet ^a   Pérez, Alberto ^a   Mosquera, Victor X ^a   Castro Beiras, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise test; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78649396694     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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