Evaluation of the anti-ischemic effects of D-ribose during dobutamine stress echocardiography: a pilot study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>D-Ribose, a pentose sugar, has shown to improve myocardial high-energy phosphate stores depleted by ischemia. This study investigated the ability of D-Ribose with low dose dobutamine to improve the contractile response of viable myocardium to dobutamine and to as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Cardiovascular Ultrasound |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/7/1/5 |