Assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography with harmonic power Doppler imaging: Comparison with positron emission tomography

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Muro, Takashi ^a   Hozumi, T ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Yamagishi, H ^a   Yoshiyama, M ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a   Yoshikawa, J ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037302566     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.2.145     Document Type: Article

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