Dobutamine stress echocardiography: The long and short of it

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 520-522

  Henein, M ^a   Gibson, D ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 0036554922     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2957     Document Type: Editorial

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