Improved echocardiographic delineation of left ventricular thrombus with the use of intravenous second-generation contrast image enhancement

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1022-1026

  Thanigaraj, S ^a   Schechtman, K B ^a   Perez, J E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032763766     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(99)70097-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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