Stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: Progress towards quantification

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-398

  Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Strain rate imaging; Stress echocardiography; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23944496111     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000172705.90640.40     Document Type: Review

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