The atropine factor in pharmacologic stress echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1164-1170

  Pingitore, Alessandro ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a   Colosso, Massimo Quarta ^a   Reisenhofer, Barbara ^a   Gigli, Guido ^a   Lucarini, Alessandra R ^a   Petix, Nunzia ^a   Previtali, Mario ^a   Bigi, Riccardo ^a   Chiarandà, Giacomo ^a   Minardi, Giovanni ^a   De Alcantara, Monica ^a   Lowenstein, Jorge ^a   Sclavo, Maria Grazia ^a   Palmieri, Cataldo ^a   Galati, Alfonso ^a   Seveso, Gianni ^a   Heyman, Joanna ^a   Mathias Jr , Wilson ^a   Casazza, Franco ^a   Sicari, Rosa ^a   Raciti, Mauro ^a   Landi, Patrizia ^a   Marzilli, Mario ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 9244263066     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00586-2     Document Type: Article

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