Myocardial contrast echocardiography: 15 Years of research and development

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3745-3760

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030730241     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.10.3745     Document Type: Review

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