Exercise stress testing in women: Going back to the basics

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2570-2580

  Kohli, Priya ^a   Gulati, Martha ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary disease; diagnosis; exercise; exercise test; prognosis; women

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONOTROPISM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78650715541     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.914754     Document Type: Article

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