Dobutamine echocardiographic study in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and prognostically borderline values of peak exercise oxygen consumption: 18-Month follow-up study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1685-1691

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a,b   Superko, H Robert ^c  

^a ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Heart and Vascular Institute of New Jersey   (United States)

^c Berkeley HeartLab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035032949     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01194-9     Document Type: Article

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