Complications during pharmacological stress echocardiography: A video-case series

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Varga, Albert ^a   Kraft, Giuliano ^b   Lakatos, Ferenc ^c   Bigi, Riccardo ^d   Paya, Rafael ^e   Picano, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Town Hospital   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 25444475514     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-25     Document Type: Article

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