The value of contrast dobutamine stress echocardiography in detecting coronary artery disease in overweight and obese patients

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 885-889

  Hu, Shen Jiang ^a   Liu, Sheng Xiang ^a   Katus, H A ^b   Luedde, Mark ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiographic contrast; Stress

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; FS 029; FS 069; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 35348853660     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70844-9     Document Type: Article

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