Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium: The use of contrast-enhanced echocardiography in diagnosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-96

  Lowery, Maureen H ^a   Martel, Jose A ^b   Zambrano, Juan P ^b   Ferreira, Alexandre ^b   Eco, Lourdes ^b   Gallagher, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037208350     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.33     Document Type: Article

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