Myocardial contrast echocardiography can be used to assess the microvascular response to vascular endothelial growth factor-121

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 759-765

  Villanueva, Flordeliza S ^a   Abraham, Judith A ^a   Schreiner, George F ^a   Csikari, Melissa ^a   Fischer, David ^a   Mills, James D ^a   Schellenberger, Ute ^a   Koci, Bryan J ^a   Lee, Joon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Coronary disease; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 121;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOG; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; HEART; LYMPHOKINES; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0037065896     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0602.103634     Document Type: Article

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