The potential value of ultrasonic deformation measurement in differentiating regional ischaemic substrates during dobutamine stress echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Kowalski, M ^a   Herbots, L ^a   Wiedemann, F ^a   Dommke, C ^a   Mertens, P ^a   Mortelmans, L ^a   Bijnens, B ^a   Herregods, M C ^a   Sutherland, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Ischaemic substrate; Ultrasonic strain imaging

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037366469     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0173     Document Type: Article

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