Dobutamine echocardiography: A diagnostic tool comes of age

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1541-1542

  Poldermans, Don ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS;

EID: 0042011578     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00343-9     Document Type: Editorial

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