Detection of left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis in patients with left bundle branch block: Exercise, adenosine or dobutamine imaging?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 543-550

  Vaduganathan, Periyanan ^a   He, Zuo Xiang ^a   Raghavan, Chakravarthy ^a   Mahmarian, John J ^a   Verani, Mario S ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030246857     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00224-0     Document Type: Article

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