Real-time perfusion adenosine stress echocardiography in the coronary care unit: A feasible bedside tool for predicting coronary artery stenosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Winter, Reidar ^a   Gudmundsson, Petri ^a   Willenheimer, Ronnie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery stenosis; Real time perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FS 069; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOSINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 12344253660     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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