American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 69-76 , January 2009

Arm exercise testing predicts clinical outcome

Received 8 May 2008 ,Accepted 11 September 2008.

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 Doctor Ilias, who is currently affiliated with the Division of Cardiology of the University of Texas Medical Center at Houston, was supported by an American Medical Association Foundation Seed Grant Research Award for 2007 (Chicago, IL) and by a Washington University Mentors in Medicine research award for 2007 (Washington University, St. Louis, MO). Doctor Xian was supported by National Institutes of Health grants RO1 DA020810, RO1 AG022381-03, and RO1 AG022982-01 (Washington, DC). Ms Inman and Dr Martin were supported by a Merit Review grant from the Veterans Administration (Washington, DC).

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.09.007

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