Analysis of interinstitutional observer agreement in interpretation of dobutamine stress echocardiograms

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 330-336

  Hoffmann, Rainer ^a,f   Lethen, Harald ^a   Marwick, Thomas ^b   Arnese, Mariarosaria ^c   Fioretti, Paolo ^c   Pingitore, Alessandro ^d   Picano, Eugenio ^d   Buck, Thomas ^e   Erbel, Raimund ^e   Flachskampf, Frank A ^a   Hanrath, Peter ^a  

^a Medical Clinic I   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030060589     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00483-1     Document Type: Article

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