Myocardial stunning and unique ECG changes associated with dobutamine stress echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Vilacosta, Isidre ^a,b   San Román, José Alberto ^a   Castillo, Juan Antonio ^a   Rollán, María Jesús ^a   Peral, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

dobutamine stress echocardiography; electrocardiography; myocardial stunning

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

EID: 0030017965     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00913.x     Document Type: Article

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