Open AccessStress echocardiography in the detection of myocardial ischemia. Head-to-head comparison of exercise, dobutamine, and dipyridamole tests.
Author(s) -
Branko Beleslin,
Miodrag Ostojić,
Jelena Stepanović,
Ana DjordjevicDikic,
Siniša Stojković,
Milan Nedeljković,
Goran Stanković,
Zorica Petrasinovic,
Ljiljana Gojković,
Zorana VasiljevicPokrajcic
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.90.3.1168
Subject(s) - dipyridamole , medicine , dobutamine , coronary artery disease , cardiology , stress echocardiography , stress testing (software) , ischemia , myocardial infarction , bruce protocol , heart rate , blood pressure , hemodynamics , computer science , programming language
Exercise and pharmacological stress echocardiography have emerged as convenient alternatives to myocardial scintigraphy. The objective of this study was to compare in the same patients the diagnostic values of exercise, dobutamine, and dipyridamole stress echocardiography tests for detection of myocardial ischemia.
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