Quantitative assessment of harmonic power Doppler myocardial perfusion imaging with intravenous Levovist™ in patients with myocardial infarction: Comparison with myocardial viability evaluated by thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography and coronary flow reserve

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-297

  Tani, T ^a   Tanabe, K ^a   Ono, M ^a   Katayama, M ^a   Ibuki, M ^a   Mizoguchi, S ^a   Takagi, T ^a   Yamamuro, A ^a   Tamita, K ^a   Yamabe, K ^a   Yagi, T ^a   Nagai, K ^a   Shiratori, K ^a   Morioka, S ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Echocardiography; Hyperaemia; Microcirculation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; SHU 508; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036889036     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0178     Document Type: Article

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