Early dobutamine echocardiography predicts improvement in regional and global left ventricular function after reperfused acute myocardial infarction without residual stenosis of the infarct-related artery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 153-163

  Bolognese, Leonardo ^a,b   Buonamici, Piergiovanni ^a   Cerisano, Giampaolo ^a   Santini, Alberto ^a   Carrabba, Nazario ^a   Santoro, Giovanni Maria ^a   Antoniucci, David ^a   Fazzini, Pier Filippo ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTENOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033958394     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(00)90323-5     Document Type: Article

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