Benefits of reducing the cardiac cycle-triggering frequency of ultrasound imaging to increase myocardial opacification with FSO69 during fundamental and second harmonic imaging

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 602-607

  Colon III, Perey J ^a   Richards, David R ^a   Moreno, Carlos A ^a   Murgo, Joseph P ^a   Cheirif, Jorge ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUOROCARBON; FS 069;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROCARBONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 0031178076     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70022-1     Document Type: Article

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