Strain Rate Analysis and Levosimendan Improve Detection of Myocardial Viability by Dobutamine Echocardiography in Patients With Post-Infarction Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Pilot Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1068-1074

  Cianfrocca, Cinzia ^a,b   Pelliccia, Francesco ^a,b   Pasceri, Vincenzo ^a   Auriti, Antonio ^a   Guido, Vincenzo ^a   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^b   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left ventricular dysfunction; Levosimendan; Myocardial viability; Strain rate analysis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE; LEVOSIMENDAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGINAL DISC; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYSTOLE;

AGED; DOBUTAMINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PYRIDAZINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50249113174     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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