Dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with low-gradient aortic stenosis

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1718-1720

  Lange, Richard A ^a   Hillis, L David ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33646687740     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.617159     Document Type: Editorial

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