Clinical value of exercise testing in elderly patients
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The prognostic value of exercise testing in elderly men.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_e.47