Comparison of contrast echocardiography with single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in the evaluation of patients with possible acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1099-1102

  Kontos, Michael C ^b   Hinchman, David ^b   Cunningham, Michael ^b   Miller, Jeffrey J ^b   Cherif, Jorge ^b   Nixon, J V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FS 069;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0345373980     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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