Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 1018-1022 , September 2008

Long Term Favorable Prognostic Value of Negative Treadmill Echocardiogram in the Setting of Abnormal Treadmill Electrocardiogram: A 95 Month Median Duration Follow-Up Study

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PII: S0894-7317(08)00350-7

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.06.005

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 1018-1022 , September 2008

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