Second harmonic imaging improves sensitivity of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Sozzi, Fabiola B ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^a   Borghetti, Alberico ^b   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND HARMONIC IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034949194     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.116075     Document Type: Article

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