Assessment of left ventricular wall motion and delineation of the endocardial border after intravenous injection of Infoson® during dobutamine stress echocardiography

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 567-576

  Ikonomidis, Ignatios ^a   Holmes, Emma ^b   Narbuvold, Hanne ^b   Bolstad, Bjorg ^b   Muan, Berit ^b   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NYCOMED IMAGING AS   (Norway)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Elderly; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; INFOSON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDER;

EID: 0031732915     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199809090-00003     Document Type: Article

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