Exercise echocardiographic findings and outcome of patients referred for evaluation of dyspnea
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Exercise echocardiographic findings and outcome of patients referred for evaluation of dyspnea.
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to characterize the outcome of patients referred for exercise echocardiographic evaluation of dyspnea. BACKGROUND Little information exists regarding outcome of patients with dyspnea. METHODS We identified 443 patients with unexplained dyspnea, 2,033 with chest pain, and 587 with both symptoms referred for exercise echocardiography. RESULTS Compare...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.033