Myocardial contrast echocardiography versus dobutamine echocardiography for predicting functional recovery after acute myocardial infarction treated with primary coronary angioplasty

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1677-1683

  Bolognese, Leonardo ^a   Antoniucci, David ^a   Rovai, Daniele ^b   Buonamici, Piergiovanni ^a   Cerisano, Giampaolo ^a   Santoro, Giovanni M ^a   Marini, Cecilia ^b   L'Abbate, Antonio ^b   Fazzini, Pier Filippo ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030453538     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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