Dobutamine stress echocardiography can predict reversible ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 523-528

  Mauro, Víctor M ^a   Cianciulli, Tomás F ^b,c   Prezioso, Horacio A ^a   Dethinne, Sergio D Llanos ^a   Leguizamón, Jorge H ^a   Charask, Adrían A ^a   Fairman, Enrique B ^a   Costa, Yanina Castillo ^a   Barrero, Carlos M ^a  

^a Clinica Bazterrica   (Argentina)

^b Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27744470783     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960281107     Document Type: Article

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