Contrast echocardiography: Clinical utility

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 6 II, 2000, Pages s5-s9

  Maurer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Contrast media; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033782226     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01192.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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