Stress echocardiography: Introduction, history, and methods

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 499-522

  Armstrong, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ARBUTAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PACING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 0030925478     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(97)80010-2     Document Type: Article

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