Factors influencing the diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 493-498

  Schroder K ^a   Agrawal, R ^b   Voller H ^c   Kursten B ^b   Dissmann, R ^b   Schultheiss, H P ^b  

^a Reha Klinik Ahrenshoop   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Klinik Am See   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Dobutamine atropine; Hyperdynamic response; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPINE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030725564     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005878705243     Document Type: Article

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