Myocardial contrast echocardiography: Basic principles

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLUOROOCTYL BROMIDE; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOVUE; SONOZOID;

ARTICLE; BUBBLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GAS ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROCIRCULATION; OSCILLATION; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATOR;

EID: 0034865723     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/pcad.2001.26931     Document Type: Article

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