Safety and efficacy of a new transpulmonary ultrasound contrast agent: Initial multicenter clinical results

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 316-324

  Feinstein, Steven B ^a   Cheirif, Jorge ^c   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^d   Silverman, Paul R ^b,d   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a   Dick, Candace ^a   Desir, Ranley M ^c   Armstrong, William F ^e   Quinones, Miguel A ^c   Shah, Pravin M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG EVALUATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024998361     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(90)90580-I     Document Type: Article

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