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Clinical Focus: Cardiovascular Events

The Influence of Referral Source on Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Stress Testing: Emergency Department versus Outpatient Office

Sherry Pinkstaff Department of Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA
, PhD,
Mary Ann Peberdy Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA
, MD,
Michael C. Kontos Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA
, MD,
Sheryl Finucane Department of Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA
, PhD,
Carl J. Lavie Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute Ochsner Clinical School–The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
, MD &
Ross Arena Department of Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA; Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VACorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD
Pages 36-41 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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