Comparison of Acoustic Densitometry and Dobutamine Echocardiography for an Assessment of Myocardial Viability

• Authors: PANOVSKÝ Roman; MELUZÍN Jaroslav; KINCL Vladimír; ŠTĚTKA František; FISCHEROVÁ Blanka; VESPALEC Jaroslav
• Year of publication: 2005
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Echocardiography - A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
• Keywords: acoustic densitometry; viability; coronary artery disease
• Description: Acoustic densitometry and dobutamine echocardiography have comparable sensitivities and specificities for the prediction of functional recovery after coronary revascularization.

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