Inaccuracy of dipyridamole echocardiography or scintigraphy for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients with both left bundle branch block and left ventricular dysfunction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-118

  Vigna, Carlo ^a   Stanislao, Mario ^a   De Rito, Vincenzo ^a   Russo, Aldo ^a   Santoro, Tiberio ^a   Fusilli, Saverio ^a   Valle, Guido ^a   Natali, Rosaria ^b   Fanelli, Raffaele ^a   Lotrionte, Marzia ^b   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^c   Loperfido, Francesco ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Left bundle branch block; Left ventricular dysfunction; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33646547884     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.068     Document Type: Article

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