Stress-echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Instructions for use

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Neskovic, Aleksandar N ^a,b   Otasevic, Petar ^a,b  

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRATIFICATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 15444378243     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-3     Document Type: Review

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