Dobutamine stress echocardiography: Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value for future cardiac events

American Heart Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1510-1515

  Afridi, Imran ^a   Quin̂ones, Miguel A ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a   Cheirif, Jorge ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEXAS;

EID: 0028246432     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(94)90378-6     Document Type: Article

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