Comparison of exercise and dobutamine echocardiography in the haemodynamic assessment of small size mechanical aortic valve prostheses

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 692-697

  Kadir, Isaac ^a   Walsh, Catherine ^a   Wilde, Peter ^a   Bryan, Alan J ^a   Angelini, Gianni D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dobutamine echocardiography; Exercise echocardiography; Small size aortic valve prosthesis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036207338     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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