Dobutamine is a synthetic catecholamine with predominant β-stimulation. Its half-life is
approximately 2 min. The positive chronotropic and inotropic effects of dobutamine induce …

Background: Dobutamine stress echocardiography is widely used to test for ischemia in
patients with stable coronary artery disease. In this analysis, we studied the ability of the …

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The aim of this study was to analyze whether left ventricular dysfunction affects the safety
and feasibility of high-dose dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography. We examined …

Background 201Tl scintigraphy is useful for determination of viability in patients with
coronary artery disease and depressed left ventricular function. Whether 99mTc sestamibi is …

Background Supine bicycle exercise echocardiography (SBEE) has never been used before
and early after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for assessing the …

OBJECTIVES:: The objective of this study was to determine the relative value of dobutamine
stress echocardiography (DSE) and dipyridamole thallium imaging (DT) in the preoperative …

OBJECTIVES.: This study attempted to determine the benefit of a 5-min dobutamine stress
echocardiographic stage versus a 3-min stage in a canine model. BACKGROUND …

The objective of this focused review is to describe the rationale, methods, and potential
clinical applications of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in heart transplant …

OBJECTIVES.: The goal of this study was to determine the feasibility, safety, sensitivity and
specificity of transesophageal dobutamine stress echocardiography for the detection of …