Improving the positive predictive value of exercise testing in women
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Improving the positive predictive value of exercise testing in women.
OBJECTIVE To identify exercise test variables that can improve the positive predictive value of exercise testing in women. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Regional cardiothoracic centre. SUBJECTS 1286 women and 1801 men referred by primary care physicians to a rapid access chest pain clinic, of whom 160 women and 406 men had ST depression of at least 1 mm during exercise testing. The results...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0007-0769
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.12.1416