Pharmacologic stress testing: Understanding the options

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 672-675

  White, Michael P ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ESMOLOL; INOTROPIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARM DISEASE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CLAUDICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EXERCISE TEST; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THROAT DISEASE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0033377639     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(99)90105-8     Document Type: Article

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