Comparison of real-time contrast echocardiography and low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in predicting the left ventricular functional recovery in patients after acute myocardial infarction under different therapeutic intervention

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-91

  Huang, Wei Chun ^a   Chiou, Kuan Rau ^a,b   Liu, Chun Peng ^a,b   Lin, Shoa Lin ^a,b   Lee, Doyal ^a   Mar, Guang Yuan ^a   Hsiao, Shih Hung ^a   Kung, Ming Ho ^a   Chiou, Chuen Wang ^a,b   Lin, Tzu Wen ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Low dose dobutamine stress echocardiography; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Primary coronary intervention; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL PERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TIME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 24044492248     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.022     Document Type: Article

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