Head-to-head comparison of high-dose dobutamine stress-echocardiography and exercise testing in prognostic stratification of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Petar Otasevic,
Zoran Popović,
Alja Vlahović,
Aleksandar Nešković
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0412390o
Subject(s) - medicine , dobutamine , ejection fraction , cardiology , dilated cardiomyopathy , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , stress echocardiography , coronary artery disease , hemodynamics
It is of the utmost importance to make an accurate assessment of prognosis in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Both high-dose dobutamine stress-echocardiography and exercise testing have been used for prognostic stratification of these patients.
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