title: Reduced right ventricular functional reserve: An important end point finding during dobutamine stress echocardiography testing for liver transplant evaluation.
authors.affiliation: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hernandez Burgos
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Division at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lopez Menendez
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Medicine Division at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Candales
mesh_terms: D004280:Dobutamine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000379:methods*; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D066027:Transplant Recipients; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004280:Dobutamine
keywords: Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Echocardiography; Liver transplant; Porto-pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular function