Dobutamine stress echocardiography in preoperative and long-term postoperative risk assessment of elderly patients

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Dhond, Milind R ^a,b   Nguyen, Than T ^a   Sabapathy, Raju ^a   Patrawala, Rob A ^a   Bommer, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037337262     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2003.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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