Intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts recovery of dysynergic myocardium early after acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-25

  Swinburn, Jonathan M A ^a   Lahiri, Avijit ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ALBUMINS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0034973421     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01317-1     Document Type: Article

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