Downstream procedures and outcomes after stress testing for chest pain without known coronary artery disease in the United States

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-461

  Mudrick, Daniel W ^a   Cowper, Patricia A ^a   Shah, Bimal R ^a   Patel, Manesh R ^a   Jensen, Neil C ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART STRESS; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858321093     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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