Objective Ischemic Evidence in Patients with Myocardial Bridging: Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization with Dobutamine Stress Integrated Backscatter

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 717-723

  Duygu, Hamza ^a   Ozerkan, Filiz ^b   Zoghi, Mehdi ^b   Nalbantgil, Sanem ^b   Kirilmaz, Bahadir ^b   Akilli, Azem ^b   Onder, Remzi ^b   Erturk, Umit ^b   Akin, Mustafa ^b  

^a Karsiyaka Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DOBUTAMINE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249341357     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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