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01-06-2008 | case report
Dobutamine stress MRI versus threedimensional contrast echocardiography: It’s all Black and White
Authors:
A. Nemes, M. L. Geleijnse, R-J. van Geuns, O. I. I. Soliman, W. B. Vletter, B. J. Krenning, F. J. ten Cate
Published in:
Netherlands Heart Journal
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Issue 6/2008
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Abstract
Dobutamine stress magnetic resonance imaging is considered the superior stress modality to detect wall motion abnormalities. In this report we demonstrate the strengths of a newly developed stress modality: dobutamine stress contrastenhanced real-time three-dimensional echocardiography. This stress modality may become a competitor of stress magnetic resonance imaging allowing fast acquisition and an unlimited number of left ventricular cross sections. Unfortunately, at the moment adequate imaging with stress realtime three-dimensional echocardiography is only possible in a minority of cardiac patients. (Neth Heart J 2008;16:217-8.)