Intracavitary contrast intensity after transpulmonary transmission of a second-generation contrast agent at normal and reduced myocardial contractility

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1030-1037

  Greim, Clemens A ^a   Broscheit, Jens A ^a   Lorenz, Karl W ^a   Thiel, Holger ^a   Roewer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BY 963; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HALOTHANE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENSITOMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

EID: 0033653890     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.108537     Document Type: Article

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