Assessment of the functional significance of coronary artery stenosis by dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 386-392

  Ho, Yi Lwun ^a   Wu, Chau Chung ^a   Lin, Lung Chun ^a   Liu, Yen Bin ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Chen, Ming Fong ^a   Liau, Chau Suong ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary lesion severity; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Gensini rsquo; s score; Quantitative wall motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030914147     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177364     Document Type: Article

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