Potential utility of left heart contrast agents in diagnosis of myocardial rupture by 2-dimensional echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-274

  Waggoner, A D ^a   Williams, G A ^a   Gaffron, D ^a   Schwarze, M ^a  

^a Barnes Jewish St Peters Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE;

EID: 0033042323     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(99)70042-8     Document Type: Article

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