Reduction of coronary flow reserve non-invasively determined by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography as a predictor of left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-294

  De Simone, L ^a   Caso, P ^a   Severino, S ^a   D'Andrea, A ^a   Mauro, C ^a   Monda, V ^a   Mininni, N ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler echocardiography; Coronary flow reserve; Echocontrast

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033782156     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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