Dipyridamole-dobutamine stress echocardiography for the detection of myocardial ischemia in patients with hypertension

Herz

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Milosavljevic, Jelica ^a   Ostojic, Miodrag ^b,c   Marinkovic, Jelena ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Yugoslavia)

^b University Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Yugoslavia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Dobutamine; Hypertension; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 20044390572     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-005-2519-6     Document Type: Article

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