Incremental Value of Strain Rate Imaging to Wall Motion Analysis for Prediction of Outcome in Patients Undergoing Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Charlotte B. Ingul,
E. Rozis,
Stig A. Slørdahl,
Thomas H. Marwick
Publication year - 2007
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/circulationaha.106.640334
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , dobutamine , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , stress echocardiography , proportional hazards model , coronary artery disease , ischemia , confidence interval , radiology , hemodynamics
Wall motion score at dobutamine stress echocardiography is an independent predictor of mortality. We sought to determine whether quantification of DSE by strain rate imaging was incremental to wall motion score for predicting outcome.
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