Effect of atenolol or metoprolol on arbutamine stress echocardiography in patients suspected of having coronary artery disease.
Arbutamine stress echocardiography was performed in 81 patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Arbutamine infusion, using a dedicated closed-loop delivery device, provided comparable myocardial stress in patients receiving beta-1 blockers versus those who were not.
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
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Weissman
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Sheris
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Picard
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Bach
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Sklar
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Cohen
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001262:Atenolol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D001262:Atenolol; D008790:Metoprolol