The influence of referral source on characteristics of patients undergoing cardiac stress testing: Emergency department versus outpatient office

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Pinkstaff, Sherry ^a   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^a   Kontos, Michael C ^a   Finucane, Sheryl ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^b   Arena, Ross ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Coronary artery disease; Exercise; Nuclear perfusion scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79955087954     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2011.03.2261     Document Type: Article

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