Transthoracic echocardiographic visualization of coronary artery blood flow and assessment of coronary flow reserve in the right coronary artery: A first report of 3 patients

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 739-742

  Tries, Hans Peter ^a,b   Lambertz, Heinz ^a,b   Lethen, Harald ^a,b  

^a Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik ^*

^b DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036631547     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.118525     Document Type: Article

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