Safety of a new transpulmonary echocontrast agent (Albunex®) in repeated echocardiographic studies in patients

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Geny, B ^a,c   Bischoff, P ^a   Muan, B ^b   Piquard, F ^b   C thiranos, J ^c   Epailly, E ^c   Lambrechs, M ^d   Eisenmann, B ^d  

^a Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux   (France)

^b Service d'Immunologie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d NYCOMED IMAGING AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Albunex ; contrast echocardiography; immune system; safety microspheres

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MICROSPHERE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 0031046298     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200206     Document Type: Article

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