Low dose dobutamine echocardiography is more predictive of reversible dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction than resting single photon emission computed tomographic thallium-201 scintigraphy.

Smart, S

Low dose dobutamine echocardiography is more predictive of reversible dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction than resting single photon emission computed tomographic thallium-201 scintigraphy. [electronic resource] - American heart journal Nov 1997 - 822-34 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

0002-8703

10.1016/s0002-8703(97)80005-1 doi


Adrenergic beta-Antagonists--therapeutic use
Aged
Cardiotonic Agents
Coronary Angiography
Dobutamine
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction--diagnostic imaging
Observer Variation
Predictive Value of Tests
ROC Curve
Thallium Radioisotopes
Thrombolytic Therapy
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Ultrasonography