Review

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2008): The Eurasian Journal of Medicine

Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and Tissue Synchronization Imaging

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Hakan Taş
Fuat Gündoğdu
Yekta Gurlertop
Şule Karakelleoğlu

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Dobutamine stress echocardiography has emerged as a reliable method for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and the management of its treatment. Several studies have shown that that this technique works with 80-85% accuracy in comparison with other imaging methods. There are few studies aimed at developing the clinical utility of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the evaluation of normal and abnormal segments that result from dobutamine stress with Tissue Synchronization Imaging.


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