Safety of dobutamine stress echocardiography in 474 consecutive studies

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 175-178

  Hennessy, Terence G ^a,b   Codd, Mary B ^a   Kane, Garvin ^a   McCarthy, Conor ^a   McCann, Hugh A ^a   Sugrue, Declan D ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Safety

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STRESS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030962322     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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