Echocardiography: The role of this noninvasive test in the geriatric population

Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 30-34

  Berko, Barbara A ^a   Owen, Alyson N ^a   Zwas, Donna R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dobutamine; Doppler; Echocardiography; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0038163798     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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