Left ventricular apical thrombus and myocardial viability: A dobutamine stress echocardiographic study

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 6 I, 2000, Pages 547-554

  Cusick, David A ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^a   Chaudhry, Farooq A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Myocardial viability; Ventricular thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033819096     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2000.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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