Assessment of myocardial viability with myocardial contrast echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-425

  Lindner, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036633195     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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