Lower frequency (5 MHz) intracardiac echocardiography in a large swine model: Imaging views and research applications

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 871-877

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a,b   Schwartzman, D ^a   Michele, J J ^a   Li, K S ^a   Hoffmann, J ^a   Brode, S E ^a   Lighty Jr , G W ^a   Dillon, S M ^a   Chaudhry, F A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Intracardiac ultrasonic images; Swine; Transesophageal transducer

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATHETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

INTRACARDIAC ULTRASONIC IMAGES; SWINE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL TRANSDUCER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030851540     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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