Objective ischemic evidence in patients with myocardial bridging: Ultrasonic tissue characterization with dobutamine stress integrated backscatter

DUYGU, Hamza; OZERKAN, Filiz; ZOGHI, Mehdi; NALBANTGIL, Sanem; Kirilmaz, BAHADIR; AKILLI, Azem; Önder, Remzi; ERTURK, Umit; AKIN, Mustafa

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2006.11.013

Objective ischemic evidence in patients with myocardial bridging: Ultrasonic tissue characterization with dobutamine stress integrated backscatter

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DUYGU H., OZERKAN F., ZOGHI M., NALBANTGIL S., Kirilmaz B., AKILLI A., ...More

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, vol.20, no.6, pp.717-723, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 20 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2007
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.11.013
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.717-723
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: in this study, we investigated the sensitivities of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and integrated backscatter (IBS) in detecting ischemia in patients with symptomatic myocardial bridging (MB).