Safety and results of dobutamine stress echocardiography in women versus men and in patients older and younger than 75 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1014-1020

  Hiro, Junko ^b   Hiro, Takafumi ^b   Reid, Cheryl L ^b   Ebrahimi, Ramin ^b   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^b   Gardin, Julius M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPINE; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0030685834     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00595-X     Document Type: Article

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