Computerized analysis of myocardial echocardiographic enhancement during coronary revascularization by high-speed rotational atherectomy

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-44

  Carasso, Shemy ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a   Markiewicz, Walter ^a   Reisner, Shimon A ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Rotational atherectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE;

AGED; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033989366     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200001)49:1<39::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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