Myocardial contrast echocardiography can be used to quantify intramyocardial blood volume: New insights into structural mechanisms of coronary autoregulation

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1004-1011

  Wu, Clarence C ^b   Feldman, Marc D ^b   Mills, James D ^b   Manaugh, Christine A ^b   Fischer, David ^b   Jafar, M Zubair ^b   Villanueva, Flordeliza S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast media; Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALBUNEX; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030877640     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.3.1004     Document Type: Article

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