Prospective Study of Early Atropine use in Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 257-262

  Lessick, J ^a   Mutlak, D ^a   Rinkevich, D ^a   Markiewicz, W ^a   Reisner, S A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Stress echocardiography; atropine

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034584356     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2000.0063     Document Type: Article

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