2002, Number 1
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Arch Cardiol Mex 2002; 72 (1)
Detection of right ventricular myocardial perfusion and contractil reserve by contrast echocardiography and low dose dobutamine in myocardial infarction after successful right coronary angioplasty
Vargas-Barrón J, Peña-Duque M, Roldan FJ, Romero-Cárdenas A, Espinola-Zavaleta N, Férez-Santander S
Language: English
References: 6
Page: 49-52
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ABSTRACT
We assessed right ventricular myocardial reperfusion through intracoronary contrast and transesophageal echocardiography after right coronary angioplasty. Low dose dobutamine was used to demonstrate contractile reserve in areas with microvascular integrity.
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