Usefulness of low-dose dobutamine echocardiography for selection of patients with severely depressed left ventricular function for coronary bypass grafting

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Aug 1;90(3):319-23. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02473-6.

Authors

Taniyel Ay¹, Agnès Pasquet, Annie Robert, Anne Marie D'Hondt, Philippe Noirhomme, Martin Goenen, Jacques A Melin, Jean Louis J Vanoverschelde

Affiliation

¹ Divisions of Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine, Intensive Care, and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Université Catholique de Louvain, School of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 12127623
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02473-6

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Coronary Disease / surgery
Dobutamine*
Echocardiography*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Selection
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery

Substances

Dobutamine