Design of an ultrasound contrast agent for myocardial perfusion

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 6 II, 2000, Pages s11-s16

  Schneider, M ^a  

^a Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Harmonic imaging; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Pulse inversion; SonoVue

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033789655     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01189.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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