Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78, January 2010

Pressure-Volume Relationship During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

  • Quirino Ciampi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Benevento, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Quirino Ciampi, MD, PhD, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Viale Principe di Napoli, 12, I-82100, Benvenuto, Italy.
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  • Lorenza Pratali, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy
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  • Tonino Bombardini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy
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  • Michele Della Porta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Benevento, Italy
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  • Bruno Petruzziello, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Benevento, Italy
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  • Bruno Villari, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Benevento, Italy
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  • Eugenio Picano, MD, PhD, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy
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  • Rosa Sicari, MD, PhD, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy

published online 04 December 2009.

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PII: S0894-7317(09)01000-1

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.001

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78, January 2010

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