Identification of viable myocardium by perfusion imaging with intravenous contrast echocardiography after acute myocardial infarction

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-258

  Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^a   Yao, Jiefen ^a   Blomberg, Patrick J ^a   Pandian, Natesa G ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033994511     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01132.x     Document Type: Article

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