Safety of Stress Echocardiography: The Advantages of Transesophageal Atrial Pacing

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 584-

  Anselmi, Maurizio ^a   Golia, Giorgio ^a   Vassanelli, Corrado ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33846794167     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.10.014     Document Type: Letter

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