Sustained nonischemic ventricular tachycardia during dobutamine stress echocardiography?

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-85

  Madu, Ernest C ^a   Pric, Augusta ^a   Harris, Tammara ^a   Badran, Ilala ^a   Rouse, Charlie ^a   Ramanathan, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Ischemia; Scintigraphy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029655748     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177066     Document Type: Article

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