The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 18-23 , January 2007

Cardiac Stress Testing: Indications and Test Selection

  • Jennifer T. McCaffery, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Jennifer T. McCaffery, MSN, is a family nurse practitioner in cardiology at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.
    • ,
  • Stephen A. Geraci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stephen A. Geraci, MD, is vice chair of internal medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss, and chief cardiologist and chief of medical service at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. Neither author has financial relationships with business or industry to disclose.

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PII: S1555-4155(06)00780-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2006.10.005

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 18-23 , January 2007

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