Rapidly upsloping ST-segment on exercise ECG: A marker of reduced coronary heart disease mortality risk

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-548

  Hodnesdal, Christian ^a   Prestgaard, Erik ^a   Erikssen, Gunnar ^b   Gjesdal, Knut ^a,c   Kjeldsen, Sverre E ^a,c   Liestol, Knut ^a   Skretteberg, Per Torger ^c   Erikssen, Jan ^a   Bodegard, Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; CHD mortality; exercise ECG; rapidly upsloping ST segment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DYING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84880287628     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312444370     Document Type: Article

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