Use of contrast for image enhancement during stress echocardiography is cost-effective and reduces additional diagnostic testing

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1430-1432

  Thanigaraj, Srihari ^a,b   Nease Jr , Robert F ^b   Schechtman, Kenneth B ^a   Wade, Robert L ^a   Loslo, Stephanie ^a   Pérez, Julio E ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Division   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035876896     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01573-9     Document Type: Article

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