Enhancement of left ventricular cavity opacification by harmonic imaging after venous injection of Albunex

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1657-1662

  Lindner, Jonathan R ^a   Dent, John M ^a   Moos, Sally P ^a   Jayaweera, Ananda R ^a   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBUMINS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSPHERES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030762422     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00217-8     Document Type: Article

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