Assessment of myocardial perfusion by harmonic power Doppler imaging at rest and during adenosine stress: Comparison with 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT imaging

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Heinle, Sheila K ^a   Noblin, Jennifer ^a   Goree Best, Pam ^a   Mello, Ana ^a   Ravad, Guy ^a   Mull, Stephanie ^a   Mammen, Pradeep ^a   Grayburn, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Contrast media; Echocardiography; Perfusion; Stress; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034604241     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.1.55     Document Type: Article

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