Detection of coronary stenosis and myocardial viability using a single intravenous bolus injection of BR14

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 523-529

  Fisher, Nicholas G ^a   Leong Poi, Howard ^a   Sakuma, Tadamichi ^a   Rim, Se Joong ^a   Bin, Jian Ping ^a   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BR 14; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE; THALLIUM 201; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPEREMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0037028698     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01757-0     Document Type: Article

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