Usefulness of ultrasound contrast for image enhancement during stress echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 7 II, 2002, Pages 621-625

  Ten Cate, Folkert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDIUM; EXERCISE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036776094     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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