Head-to-head comparison of indices of left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: five-year follow up.

P Otasevic; Z B Popovic; J D Vasiljevic; L Pratali; A Vlahovic-Stipac; S D Boskovic; N Tasic; A N Neskovic

Head-to-head comparison of indices of left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: five-year follow up.

Authors

Otasevic, P
Popovic, Z B
Vasiljevic, J D
Pratali, L
Vlahovic-Stipac, A
Boskovic, S D
Tasic, N
Neskovic, A N

Type

Published Article

Journal

Heart

Publisher

BMJ

Publication Date

Sep 01, 2006

Volume

92

Issue

9

Pages

1253–1258

Identifiers

PMID: 16449519

Source

Medline

License

Unknown

Abstract

These data show that all examined indices of left ventricular contractile reserve are predictive of five-year prognosis, but change in wall motion score index may have the greatest prognostic potential.

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Head‐to‐head comparison of indices of left ventricular contractile reserve assessed by high‐dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: five‐year follow up

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