Stress echocardiography in elderly patients with coronary artery disease: Applicability, safety and prognostic value of dobutamine and adenosine echocardiography in elderly patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-59

  Anthopoulos, Lambros P ^a   Bonou, Maria S ^a,b   Kardaras, Fotis G ^a   Sioras, Elias P ^a   Kardara, Dimitra N ^a   Sideris, Antonis M ^a   Kranidis, Athanassios I ^a   Margaris, Nicholaos G ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0030198585     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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