Stress-echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: instructions for use
AUTOR(ES)
Neskovic, Aleksandar N
FONTE
BioMed Central
RESUMO
A number of studies have suggested that stress-echocardiography may be used for prognostic stratification in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. There is no consensus on which protocol or which measurements of left ventricular contractile reserve to use. The most frequently used protocol is low-dose dobutamine stress-echocardiography, and most commonly used measures of left ventricular systolic performance are ejection fraction, wall motion score index and cardiac power output.
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