Impact of heart transplantation on the safety and feasibility of the dobutamine stress test

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 399-406

  Elhendy, Abdou ^b   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Vantrimpont, Pascal ^a   Sozzi, Fabiola B ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a   Maat, Lex P W M ^a   Balk, Aggie H M M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0035066174     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(00)00319-3     Document Type: Article

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