Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) with triggered ultrasound does not cause premature ventricular complexes: Evidence from PB127 MCE studies

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1037-1042

  Raisinghani, Ajit ^a   Wei, Kevin S ^b   Crouse, Linda ^c   Villanueva, Floredeliza ^d   Feigenbaum, Harvey ^e   Schiller, Nelson B ^f   Weiss, James ^g   Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^h   Siegel, Robert ^h   Monaghan, Mark ⁱ   Goldman, Jonathan H ^j   DeMaria, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j Point Biomedical Corporation   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PB 127; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QRS COMPLEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 10744228375     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00549-2     Document Type: Article

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