Persistent dysfunction of viable myocardium after revascularization in chronic ischaemic heart disease: Implications for dobutamine stress echocardiography with longitudinal systolic strain and strain rate measurements

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 745-755

  Rösner, Assami ^a,b   Avenarius, Derk ^a   Malm, Siri ^a   Iqbal, Amjid ^a   Baltabaeva, Aigul ^c   Sutherland, George R ^d   Bijnens, Bart ^e,f   Myrmel, Truls ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dobutamine stress; Echocardiography; Strain rate imaging; Viability

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866249728     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes036     Document Type: Article

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