Safety, feasibility, and results of exercise testing for stratifying patients with chest pain in the emergency room

Safety, feasibility, and results of exercise testing for stratifying patients with chest pain in the emergency room

OBJECTIVE: To assess safety, feasibility, and the results of early exercise testing in patients with chest pain admitted to the emergency room of the chest pain unit, in whom acute myocardial infarction and high-risk unstable angina had been ruled out. METHODS: A study including 1060 consecutive pat...

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Main Authors: Renato Machado Macaciel, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita, Ricardo Vivacqua, Salvador Serra, Augusta Campos, Marcelo Miranda, Roberto Gamarski, Hans Dohman, Roberto Bassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-08-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
exercise test
chest pain
emergency room
chest pain unit
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003001000006

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