American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 3 , Pages 399-405 , March 2010

Cuff and aortic pressure differences during dobutamine infusion: A study of the effects of systolic blood pressure amplification

  • Harold Smulyan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Harold Smulyan, MD, Upstate Medical University, Department of Medicine–Cardiology Division, 90 Presidential Plaza, Syracuse, NY 13208.
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  • Ratnakar Mukherjee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD
    • ,
  • Paul R. Sheehe, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
    • ,
  • Michel E. Safar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Diagnostique et de Therapeutique, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris, France

Received 29 September 2009 ,Accepted 14 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.010

American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 3 , Pages 399-405 , March 2010

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