Quantitative parameters of myocardial perfusion with contrast echocardiography in human beings: Influence of triggering mode

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1432-1439

  Aggeli, Constadina J ^b   Shimoni, Sarah ^b   Nagueh, Sherif F ^b   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALBUMINOID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUOROCARBON; FS 069;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036886033     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.127453     Document Type: Article

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