Evaluation of the response to pharmacological stress in chronic aortic regurgitation

Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 491-496

  Espinola Zavaleta, Nilda ^a,b   Gómez Núñez, Nelly ^a,b   Chávez, Pedro Yánac ^a,b   Sahagun Sánchez, Guillermo ^a,b   Keirns, Candace ^a,b   Casanova, José Miguel ^a,b   Romero Cárdenas, Angel ^a,b   Roldán, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Vargas Barrón, Jesús ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Dobutamine; Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Myocardial reserve

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034785993     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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