Observer bias in the interpretation of dobutamine stress echocardiography

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 449-454

  Tighe, John F ^a   Steiman, David M ^a   Vernalis, Marina N ^a   Taylor, Allen J ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; dobutamine stress echocardiography; interpreter bias; ST segment changes

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0030948128     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200509     Document Type: Article

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