Why the study?
What is the diagnostic accuracy and safety of pharmacologic stress echocardiography (dobutamine and dipyridamole) in assessing coronary artery disease?
Population
Patients undergoing assessment for coronary artery disease
Comparison
Pharmacologic stress echocardiography vs Exercise stress testing or alternative…
Design
Review
Authors
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Similar performance supports either agent for pharmacologic stress echocardiography; leaves open prospective head-to-head trials in contemporary cohorts.
What is the diagnostic accuracy and safety of pharmacologic stress echocardiography (dobutamine and dipyridamole) in assessing coronary artery disease?
Pharmacologic stress echocardiography using dobutamine or dipyridamole is a safe and accurate alternative to exercise stress testing for assessing coronary artery disease.
Picano et al. (1999) studied this question.
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