Myocardial contrast echocardiography: A new gold standard for perfusion imaging?

Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-87

  Porter, Thomas R ^a,b   Cwajg, Jucyléa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Harmonic; Intermittent imaging; Microbubbles; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; FS 069; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035116123     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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