Interpretation of Left Ventricular Wall Motion during Stress Testing

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 643-658

  DeCara, Jeanne M ^a,b   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Dobutamine; Echocardiography; Exercise; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE;

COLOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOCARDIUM; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INOTROPISM; ISCHEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0142231590     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.t01-1-03035.x     Document Type: Review

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