title: Comparison of exercise and dobutamine stress echocardiography in assessing mitral stenosis.
abstract: Dobutamine elicited similar hemodynamic response to exercise in 20 consecutive patients with mitral stenosis, and significantly altered management in 6 of them (30%). Dobutamine stress echocardiography is a safe and feasible alternative to exercise in patients with mitral stenosis of mild-to-moderate severity and ambiguous symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago 60657, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hecker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zabalgoitia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ashline
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oneschuk
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Herrera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004280:Dobutamine; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D004280:Dobutamine