Improvement of pulmonary venous flow Doppler signal after intravenous injection of Levovist;Signalverbesserung des pulmonalvenosen Dopplerflussprofils nach intravenoser Injektion von Levovist

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 839-847

  Lambertz, H ^a   Schuhmacher, U ^a   Tries, H P ^a   Stein, T ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echo enhancing agent; Levovist; Pulmonary venous flow pattern

Indexed keywords

SHU 508; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PULMONARY VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031242352     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050122     Document Type: Article

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