Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional dobutamine stress echocardiography: Between Scylla and Charybdis?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 757-760

  Krenning, Boudewijn J ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a   Soliman, Osama I I ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   Voormolen, Marco M ^a   Bosch, Johan G ^a   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast; Dobutamine; Stress; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54949120275     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen136     Document Type: Article

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