Prognostic value of dobutamine echocardiography in patients with intermediate coronary lesions at angiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 7 I, 2002, Pages 549-553

  Ciaroni, Stefano ^a   Bloch, Antoine ^a   Hoffmann, Jacques Lars ^a   Bettoni, Marco ^a   Fournet, Dominique ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dobutamine echocardiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0036774315     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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