Pathophysiology of myocardial hibernation. Implications for the use of dobutamine echocardiography to identify myocardial viability

Heart. 1999 Nov;82 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):III1-7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.82.2008.iii1.

Authors

J L Vanoverschelde¹, A Pasquet, B Gerber, J A Melin

Affiliation

¹ Divisions of Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. Vanoverschelde@card.ucl.ac.be

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Agonists*
Dobutamine*
Echocardiography*
Heart / physiopathology*
Humans
Myocardial Stunning / diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Stunning / pathology
Myocardial Stunning / physiopathology*
Stimulation, Chemical

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Dobutamine