Prognostic value of coronary CTAvs. exercise treadmilltesting: Results fromthePartnersregistry

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1338-1346

  Cheezum, Michael K ^a   Subramaniyam, Premsrinivas ^a   Bittencourt, Marcio S ^a,b   Hulten, Edward A ^a,c   Ghoshhajra, Brian B ^a   Shah, Nishant R ^a   Forman, Daniel E ^a   Hainer, Jon ^a   Leavitt, Marcia ^a   Padmanabhan, Ram ^a   Skali, Hicham ^a   Dorbala, Sharmila ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^d   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a   Gewirtz, Henry ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary computed tomographic angiography; Exercise testing; Major adverse cardiac events; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUKE TREADMILL SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TREADMILL TESTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREADMILL TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84943557803     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev087     Document Type: Article

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