Validation of a new noninvasive method (contrast-enhanced transthoracic second harmonic echo Doppler) for the evaluation of coronary flow reserve: Comparison with intracoronary Doppler flow wire

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1193-1200

  Caiati, Carlo ^a,b   Montaldo, Cristiana ^a   Zedda, Norma ^a   Montisci, Roberta ^a   Ruscazio, Massimo ^a   Lai, Giorgio ^a   Cadeddu, Mauro ^a   Meloni, Luigi ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346794072     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00342-3     Document Type: Article

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