Enhanced left ventricular endocardial border delineation with an intravenous injection of SonoVue, a new echocardiographic contrast agent: A European multicenter study

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 705-711

  Senior, Roxy ^a   Kenny, Antoinette ^a   Andersson, Ove ^a   Caidahl, Kenneth ^a   Carlens, Per ^a   Herregods, Marie Christine ^a   Jenni, R ^a   Melcher, Anders ^a   Svedenhag, Jan ^a   Vanoverschelde, Jean Louis ^a   Wandt, Birger ^a   Widgren, Bengt R ^a   Williams, Gordon ^a   Guerret, Pascal ^a   La Rosee, Karl ^a   Agati, Luciano ^a   Bezante, Gianpaolo ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Endocardial border; SonoVue

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; BR 1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0034495486     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01223.x     Document Type: Article

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