Should the resting electrocardiogram be ordered as a routine risk assessment test in healthy asymptomatic adults?

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1530-1531

  Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE;

EID: 84859524057     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.441     Document Type: Editorial

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