Comparison Between Dobutamine Echocardiography and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography for Interpretive Reproducibility

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1239-1244

  Ferro, Adele ^a   Pellegrino, Teresa ^b   Spinelli, Letizia ^a   Acampa, Wanda ^a,c   Petretta, Mario ^a   Cuocolo, Alberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TECHNIQUE;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34848835466     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.05.041     Document Type: Article

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