Dobutamine stress echocardiography--methodology, clinical applications and current perspectives.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-88337
ABSTRACT
Dobutamine stress echocardiography is often used as a non-invasive diagnostic modality for detection of coronary artery disease. In terms of accuracy it rivals SPECT scintigraphy. Application of non-coronary artery disease has made it an attractive diagnostic tool. However, like all diagnostic modalities it has its inherent limitations. Quantitation of stress echocardiography can resolve most of the problems surrounding its use.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Myocardial Ischemia
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Risk Assessment
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Coronary Disease
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Echocardiography, Stress
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Dobutamine
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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