Contrast-enhanced Doppler ultrasound for noninvasive assessment of pulmonary artery pressure during exercise in patients with chronic congestive heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-232

  Kuecherer, Helmut F ^a   Will, Markus ^a   Da Silva, Kleber G ^a   Borst, Mathias M ^a   Schwencke, Garsten ^a   Kuebler, Wolfgang W ^a   Strasser, Ruth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOVIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030037397     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00265-2     Document Type: Article

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