Milrinone echocardiographic viability test: A pilot study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 668-675

  Dhar, S C ^a   Birnbaum, Y ^a   Hayes, S ^a   Naqvi, T ^a   Cercek, B ^a   Blanche, C ^a   Friedman, A ^a   Trento, A ^a   Siegel, R J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILRINONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035182606     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.111939     Document Type: Article

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