Effect of intravenous atropine on treadmill stress test results in patients with poor exercise capacity or chronotropic incompetence

Background: stress test (EST) is one of the main diagnostic and prognostic tests for ischemic heart disease. However, its usefulness depends on achieving target heart rate, then chronotropic incompetence and poor exercise capacity limits its utility. We evaluated the usefulness of atropine administ...

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Main Author: Abdul ameer J. Awad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine University of Baghdad 2010-07-01
Series:مجلة كلية الطب
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Online Access:http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1008