Quantitative assessment of coronary stenosis by harmonic power Doppler with a simple pulsing sequence and vasodilator stress in patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2060-2067

  Takagi, Yuichiro ^a   Ohmori, Koji ^a   Yukiiri, Kazushi ^a   Kondo, Isao ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Oshita, Akira ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroto ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   Kohno, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDE WIRE; HARMONIC POWER DOPPLER; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037637665     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00422-4     Document Type: Article

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