New concept in echocardiography: Harmonic imaging of tissue without use of contrast agent

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9136, 1998, Pages 1264-1270

  Caidahl, Kenneth ^a   Kazzam, Elsadig ^b   Lidberg, Jonas ^a   Neumann Andersen, Grethe ^b   Nordanstig, Joakim ^a   Dahlqvist, Solbritt Rantapää ^b   Waldenström, Anders ^b   Wikh, Ronny ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032541846     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)02361-7     Document Type: Article

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