Imaging of myocardial perfusion with SonoVue(TM) in patients with a prior myocardial infarction

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 7 II, 1999, Pages 753-760

  Lindner, Jonathan R ^a   Wei, Kevin ^a   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic imaging; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial perfusion; SonoVue(TM) (BR1)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032855188     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00146.x     Document Type: Article

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