Myocardial contrast echocardiography for assessment of myocardial perfusion at rest in a patient with left main coronary artery stenosis

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 876-883

  Hagendorff, A ^a   Pfeiffer, D ^a   Rother, T ^a   Becher, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Power doppler harmonic imaging; Unprotected main coronary artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

FS 069; SHU 508;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; STRESS;

ALBUMINS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0242351937     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0972-x     Document Type: Article

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