Usefulness of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography with Tissue Doppler Imaging for the Evaluation and Follow-Up of Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1093-1098

  Brili, Stella ^a   Stamatopoulos, Ilias ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Alexopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Misailidou, Maria ^a   Bratsas, Athanasios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contractile reserve; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Repaired tetralogy of Fallot; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149149765     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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