Usefulness of low-dose dobutamine echocardiography for selection of patients with severely depressed left ventricular function for coronary bypass grafting.
Divisions of Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine, Intensive Care, and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Université Catholique de Louvain, School of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium.
Taniyel
T
Ay
Agnès
A
Pasquet
Annie
A
Robert
Anne Marie
AM
D'Hondt
Philippe
P
Noirhomme
Martin
M
Goenen
Jacques A
JA
Melin
Jean Louis J
JL
Vanoverschelde
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D004280:Dobutamine; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
D004280:Dobutamine