Routine periodic stress testing in asymptomatic patients following coronary revascularization: Is it worth the effort?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 861-863

  Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 84862301587     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1910     Document Type: Note

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