Clinical applications of contrast echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Colonna, Paolo ^a   Cadeddu, Christian ^a   Chen, Lijun ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035147037     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.109948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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