Dobutamine echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis and left ventricular dysfunction: Predicting outcome as a function of management strategy

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1766-1777

  Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a,b   Vered, Zvi ^a,b   Moshkowitz, Yaron ^a,b   Rabinowitz, Babeth ^a,b   Ziskind, Zvi ^a,b   Smolinski, Aram K ^a,b   Feinberg, Micha S ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Dobutamine echocardiography; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034886719     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.6.1766     Document Type: Article

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