Influence of the ultrasound contrast agent Levovist® on human nailfold capillary microcirculation

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Immer, Franz F ^a   Seiler, Andrea M ^a   Aeschbacher, Beat C ^a   Mahler, Felix ^a   Saner, Hugo ^a,b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALMITIC ACID; SACCHARIN; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL ADHESION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033970131     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100205     Document Type: Article

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