Is there a role for intravenous transpulmonary contrast imaging in pediatric stress echocardiography?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Zilberman, Mark V ^b   Witt, Sandra A ^b   Kimball, Thomas R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYGEN;

EID: 0037264398     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.41     Document Type: Article

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