Improved doppler detection of proximal left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis after intravenous injection of a lung-crossing contrast agent: A transesophageal doppler echocardiographic study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1413-1421

  Caiati, Carlo ^a,d   Aragona, Pierluigi ^b   Iliceto, Sabino ^c   Rizzon, Paolo ^b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d Assoc Per la Ricerca in Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0029923516     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)81521-X     Document Type: Article

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