Contrast dobutamine stress echocardiography: Clinical practice assessment in 300 consecutive patients

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 378-385

  Rainbird, Andrew J ^a   Mulvagh, Sharon L ^a   Oh, Jae K ^a   McCully, Robert B ^a   Klarich, Kyle W ^a   Shub, Clarence ^a   Mahoney, Douglas W ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035182763     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.111264     Document Type: Article

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