Therapeutic implications of contractile reserved elicited by dobutamine echocardiography in symptomatic, low-gradient aortic stenosis

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 264-270

  Zuppiroli, Alfredo ^a   Mori, Fabio ^a   Olivotto, Iacopo ^a   Castelli, Gabriele ^a   Favilli, Silvia ^a   Dolara, Alberto ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Heart failure; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038235248     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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