Low-dose dobutamine echocardiography predicts the early response of dysfunctioning myocardial segments to coronary artery bypass grafting

American Heart Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 521-526

  Voci, Paolo ^a   Bilotta, Federico ^a   Caretta, Quintilio ^b   Mercanti, Corrado ^b   Marino, Benedetto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028928350     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90280-5     Document Type: Article

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