Depressed left ventricular contractile reserve diagnosed by dobutamine stress echocardiography in a patient with duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-248

  Wong, Brenda L Y ^a   Mukkada, Vincent A ^b   Markham, Larry W ^a   Cripe, Linda H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DNA; DOBUTAMINE; DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644388127     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200031401     Document Type: Article

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