Usefulness of a novel ultrasound transducer for continuous monitoring treadmill exercise echocardiography to assess coronary artery disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1297-1302

  Nakashiki, Kenichi ^a,b   Kisanuki, Akira ^a   Otsuji, Yutaka ^a   Yoshifuku, Shiro ^a   Yuasa, Toshinori ^a   Takasaki, Kunitsugu ^a   Kuwahara, Eiji ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Uemura, Takeshi ^a   Mizukami, Naoko ^a   Hamasaki, Shuichi ^a   Minagoe, Shinichi ^a   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Stress echocardiography; Treadmill exercise test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; T WAVE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TRANSDUCERS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33749019742     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1297     Document Type: Article

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