Usefulness of rest and low-dose dobutamine wall motion scores in predicting survival and benefit from revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 811-816

  Sawada, Stephen G ^a,b   Lewis, Stephen J ^a,b   Foltz, Judy ^a,b   Ando, Agota ^a,b   Khouri, Samer ^a,b   Kaser, Shawn ^a,b   Gradus Pizlo, Irmina ^a,b   Gill, William ^a,b   Fineberg, Naomi ^a,b   Segar, Douglas ^a,b   Feigenbaum, Harvey ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; DOBUTAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REST; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036532390     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02190-2     Document Type: Article

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