Usefulness of the ejection fraction response to dobutamine infusion in predicting functional recovery after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left ventricular dysfunction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1440-1444

  Rocchi, Guido ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Rambaldi, Riccardo ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^a   Van Der Meer, Peter ^a   Vletter, Wim ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034659817     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00791-8     Document Type: Article

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