The elusive link between coronary lesion morphology and dobutamine stress echocardiography results

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 395-401

  Heyman, Joanna ^a   Salvadé, Paolo ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^b   Varga, Albert ^b   Gliozheni, Enri ^b   Sicari, Rosa ^b   Previtali, Mario ^b   Rovelli, Gianni ^b  

^a RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Ischemia; Lesion morphology; Stress

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030763704     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005786812375     Document Type: Article

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