Detection of myocardial perfusion abnormalities after a recent acute coronary syndrome by quantitative Levovist myocardial contrast echocardiography: Comparison with 99m Tc-Myoview SPECT imaging

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Fernandes, Luciana P ^a   Tardif, Jean Claude ^a   Arsenault, André ^a   Grégoire, Jean ^a   Basmadjian, Arsene ^a   Couturier, André ^a   Vannan, Mani ^b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Contrast echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; SHU 508; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYSACCHARIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2 BIS(BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2-BIS(BIS(2-ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VIDEORECORDING; ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037444906     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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