Dobutamine stress testing in the cardiac catheterization laboratory
Sedlis SP; Lorin J; Matalon A; Chandrasekaran S; Gold J; Santini C; Negron M; Kumar K; Steinberg EH
Dobutamine stress ventriculography is a safe test that appears to separate groups of patients with and without significant coronary artery stenoses. In this study, all 7 patients with significant coronary artery stenoses who reached a heart rate > or = 110 beats/min had a positive stress test, whereas 9 of 10 control patients had a negative stress test
PMID: 8759816
ISSN: 0002-9149
CID: 12574