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Dobutamine Echocardiography Predicts Improvement of Hypoperfused Dysfunctional Myocardium After Revascularization in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

DOI

259

Citations

42

References

1995

Year

Pasquale Perrone Filardi, Leonardo Pace, Mariella Prastaro, Federico Piscione, Sandro Betocchi, Fiorenzo Squame, Pasquale Vezzuto, Andrea Soricelli, Ciro Indolfi, Marco Salvatore,
Circulation

Abstract

Inotropic stimulation using dobutamine echocardiography identifies hypoperfused reversibly dysfunctional myocardium. Functional improvement during dobutamine is highly predictive of improvement after revascularization.

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