Differences in myocardial contrast produced with transient response imaging when using intravenous microbubbles containing gases of different molecular weight

Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 441-446

  Porter, Thomas R ^a   Xie, Feng ^a   Li, Shouping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas molecular weight; Microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast

Indexed keywords

DEXTROSE ALBUMIN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOG; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030764942     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00748.x     Document Type: Article

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