Cardiovascular effects of dobutamine stress testing in women with suspected coronary artery disease

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-468

  Blomstrand, Peter ^a,b   Engvall, Jan ^a   Swahn, Eva ^a   Säfström, Kåge ^a   Thulesius, Olav ^a   Wranne, Bengt ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Clinical Physiology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dobutamine; Echocardiography; Plethysmography; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029892682     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.5.463     Document Type: Article

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