Varying prognostic significance of "ischemic ST depression" during vasodilator stress testing in patients with normal SPECT/PET myocardial perfusion imaging.
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Address for correspondence: Ryszard Piotrowicz, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04–628 Warszawa, Poland, tel: + 48 22 343 44 09, fax: +48 22 343 45 19, e-mail: [email protected] Varying prognostic significance of “ischemic ST depression” during vasodilator stress testing in patients with normal SPECT/PET myocardial perfusion imaging
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cardiology journal
دوره 16 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009