Prognosis of patients with vascular disease after clinical evaluation and dobutamine stress echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Ballal, Raj S ^a   Kapadia, Samir ^a   Secknus, Maria Anna ^a   Rubin, David ^a   Arheart, Kristopher ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0010733167     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70494-1     Document Type: Article

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