Usefulness of dobutamine echocardiography in distinguishing severe from nonsevere valvular aortic stenosis in patients with depressed left ventricular function and low transvalvular gradients

Am J Cardiol. 1995 Jan 15;75(2):191-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)80078-8.

Authors

C R deFilippi¹, D L Willett, M E Brickner, C P Appleton, C W Yancy, E J Eichhorn, P A Grayburn

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9047.

PMID: 7810504
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)80078-8

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
Blood Flow Velocity
Cardiac Output
Dobutamine*
Echocardiography / methods
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pressure
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications*

Substances

Dobutamine