Dobutamine stress echocardiography for noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: A comparison with angiography and intravascular ultrasound

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-174

  Spes, Christoph H ^a,b   Mudra, Harald ^a   Schnaack, Susanne D ^a   Klauss, Volker ^a   Reichle, Florian M ^a   Überfuhr, Peter ^a   Theisen, Karl ^a   Angermann, Christiane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030054982     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)90391-4     Document Type: Article

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