Extent and severity of test positivity during dobutamine stress echocardiography. Influence on the predictive value for coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1485-1492

  Hoffmann, R ^a   Lethen, H ^a   Kuhl H ^a   Lepper, W ^a   Hanrath, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dobutamine echocardiography; Positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032862785     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1628     Document Type: Article

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