Mechanisms and clinical significance of transient atrioventricular block during dobutamine stress echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 998-1004

  Hung, Kuo Chun ^a   Lin, Fun Chung ^a   Chern, Ming Shyan ^a   Chang, Hern Jia ^a   Hsieh, I Chang ^a   Wu, Delon ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGUS REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033213241     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00306-X     Document Type: Article

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