Safety of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with left ventricular apical thrombus

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1252-1254

  Cusick, David A ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^a   Chaudhry, Farooq A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030726748     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00658-9     Document Type: Article

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