A Randomized Cross-Over Study for Evaluation of the Effect of Image Optimization With Contrast on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease | Zendy

Juan Carlos Plana | Zendy; Issam Mikati | Zendy; Hisham Dokainish | Zendy; Nasser Lakkis | Zendy; John M. Abukhalil | Zendy; Robert E. Davis | Zendy; Brian C. Hetzell | Zendy; William A. Zoghbi | Zendy

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A Randomized Cross-Over Study for Evaluation of the Effect of Image Optimization With Contrast on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease

Author(s) -

Juan Carlos Plana,

Issam Mikati,

Hisham Dokainish,

Nasser Lakkis,

John M. Abukhalil,

Robert E. Davis,

Brian C. Hetzell,

William A. Zoghbi

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

jacc. cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79

H-Index - 120

eISSN - 1936-878X

pISSN - 1876-7591

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2007.10.014

Subject(s) - medicine , contrast (vision) , coronary artery disease , dobutamine , diagnostic accuracy , stress echocardiography , randomized controlled trial , radiology , ischemia , cardiology , coronary angiography , hemodynamics , myocardial infarction , artificial intelligence , computer science

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of a contrast agent to dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) improves its diagnostic accuracy for coronary artery disease (CAD) and to determine the effect of image quality on the diagnostic impact of contrast agent use in this setting.

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