Value of exercise ECG for risk stratification in suspected or known CAD in the era of advanced imaging technologies

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1309-1321

  Bourque, Jamieson M ^a   Beller, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise stress electrocardiography; myocardial ischemia; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIGOXIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; TREADMILL EXERCISE; AGE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84946753355     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.09.006     Document Type: Review

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