Exercise capacity and mortality among men referred for exercise testing.

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Abstract

Exercise capacity is known to be an important prognostic factor in patients with cardiovascular disease, but it is uncertain whether it predicts mortality equally well among healthy persons. There is also uncertainty regarding the predictive power of exercise capacity relative to other clinical and exercise-test variables.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): N Engl J Med

Title: The New England journal of medicine

Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society

ISSN (Electronic): 1533-4406

ISSN (Print): 0028-4793

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 14 2002

Volume: 346

Issue: 11

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[1 ] Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, Calif CA 94304, USA. drj993@aol.com

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Publisher Item ID: 346/11/793

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa011858

PubMed ID: 11893790

SO-VID: 91c2ff33-5660-43f2-8c5e-67ba2faa6faa

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