Demonstration of penetrating intramyocardial coronary arteries with high-frequency transthoracic echocardiography and Doppler in human subjects

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-63

  Youn, H J ^a   Redberg, R F ^a   Schiller, N B ^a   Foster, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART PERFUSION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032942298     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(99)70173-2     Document Type: Article

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