Usefulness of dobutamine echocardiography in distinguishing severe from nonsevere valvular aortic stenosis in patients with depressed left ventricular function and low transvalvular gradients.
deFilippi
C R
CR
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9047.
Willett
D L
DL
Brickner
M E
ME
Appleton
C P
CP
Yancy
C W
CW
Eichhorn
E J
EJ
Grayburn
P A
PA
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002302:Cardiac Output; D004280:Dobutamine; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications*
D004280:Dobutamine