Usefulness and limitations of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients with left bundle branch block a multicentre study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 1666-1673

  Geleijnse, M L ^a   Vigna, C ^b   Kasprzak, J D ^c   Rambaldi, R ^a   Salvatori, M P ^b   Elhendy, A ^a   Cornel, J H ^a   Fioretti, P M ^a   Roelandt, J R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dobutamine; Left bundle branch block; Stress echocardigraphy

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPINE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0033785411     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.2008     Document Type: Article

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