Ultrasonic tissue myocardial characterization: Backscatter;Caracterización tisular miocárdica por ultrasonidos: Backscatter

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 708-715

  Segovia, Eduardo ^a   Pérez, Julio E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Backscatter; Echocardiography; Myocardial tissue characterization; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0033191609     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(99)74991-2     Document Type: Review

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