Feasibility of right ventricular myocardial opacification by contrast echocardiography and comparison with left ventricular intensity

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1137-1140

  Masugata, Hisashi ^a   Cotter, Bruno ^a   Ohmori, Koji ^b   Kwan, Oi Ling ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^b   Demaria, Anthony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; QW 7437; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMULSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032702351     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00523-8     Document Type: Article

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