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European Heart Journal 2003 24(17):1541-1542; doi:10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00343-9
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Editorial

Dobutamine echocardiography: a diagnostic tool comes of age

Don Poldermansa,* and Jeroen J Baxb

a Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
b Leiden Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

* Corresponding author. Don Poldermans, MD, PhD, FESC, Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31/104-634-613; fax: +31/104-634-957
E-mail address: d.poldermans@erasmusmc.nl

Received 11 June 2003; revised 20 June 2003; accepted 20 June 2003

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See doi:10.1016/S1095-668X(03)00099-Xfor the article to which this editorial refers

Both the practice and indications for dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) have changed over the past 15 years. At first DSE was the prerogative of a few enthusiastic cardiologists working at specialized centres, but this technique has developed into a commonly used practical tool with widespread availability. In the early years DSE was used for the assessment of coronary artery disease; test results were either positive or negative. Nowadays the scope of DSE has expanded to the detection of viable myocardium in patients with heart failure, preoperative . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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