Effects of acute myocardial ischemia on intramyocardial contraction heterogeneity: A study performed with ultrasound integrated backscatter during transesophageal atrial pacing

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1770-1776

  Colonna, Paolo ^a   Montisci, Roberta ^c   Galiuto, Leonarda ^b   Meloni, Luigi ^c   Iliceto, Sabino ^c  

^a Ospedale S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Ischemia; Myocardial contraction; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032706520     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.17.1770     Document Type: Article

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