Objectives. This study was designed to evaluate dobutamine stress echocardiography in
identifying reversible dysfunction and assessing the extent of irreversibly damaged …

This study was performed to assess the prevalence of spontaneous improvement of regional
left ventricular function in patients after acute myocardial infarction, and to evaluate the role …

Objectives. The aim of this multicenter, multinational, prospective, observational study was to
assess the relative value of myocardial viability and induced ischemia early after …

The aim of this study was to validate the usefulness of dobutamine stress echocardiography
to detect residual ischemia and significant stenosis at the infarct zone in patients with acute …

Dobutamine echocardiography (5 and 10 μg/kg/min) was performed in 40 patients 4±1 days
after acute myocardial infarction reperfused by primary coronary angioplasty. The left …

Objectives. We sought to compare the accuracy of biphasic and ischemic responses and
sustained improvement for reversible dysfunction and to identify causes of false negative …

To evaluate the role of dobutamine echocardiography for early assessment of myocardial
viability and ischemia in acute myocardial infarction (MI), 59 patients with thrombolyzed …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of dobutamine and dipyridamole stress
echocardiography to detect functional recovery of stunned but viable myocardial regions …

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the relative prognostic power of several clinical and
dobutamine stress test variables in patients after a first uncomplicated acute myocardial …

Objectives. We sought to evaluate the serial changes in the response of the hibernating
myocardium to dobutamine stimulation after revascularization. Background. An improvement …