A Randomized Cross-Over Study for Evaluation of the Effect of Image Optimization With Contrast on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease. The OPTIMIZE Trial

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Plana, Juan Carlos ^a   Mikati, Issam A ^a   Dokainish, Hisham ^a   Lakkis, Nasser ^a   Abukhalil, John ^a   Davis, Robert ^a   Hetzell, Brian C ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; NITRATE; PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 41249084233     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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