Assessment of resting perfusion with myocardial contrast echocardiography: Theoretical and practical considerations

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-240

  Lindner, Jonathan R ^a,b   Villanueva, Flordeliza S ^a,b   Dent, John M ^a,b   Wei, Kevin ^a,b   Sklenar, Jiri ^a,b   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SONOVUE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033967879     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(00)90231-X     Document Type: Article

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