Low-level exercise echocardiography fails to elicit left ventricular contractile reserve in patients with aortic stenosis, reduced ejection fraction, and low transvalvular gradient

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Ennezat, Pierre V ^a   Toussaint, Juliette ^a   Maréchaux, Sylvestre ^a   Le Tourneau, Thierry ^a   Aubert, Jean Marc ^a   Asseman, Philippe ^a   Lejemtel, Thierry H ^b   Deklunder, Ghislaine ^a  

^a Cardiology Hospital   (France)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Dobutamine; Exercise test

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846014235     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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