The feasibility and usefulness of contrast exercise echocardiography for the assessment of left ventricular function in master athletes

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-30

  Rizzo, Marta ^a   Vono, Maria Concetta Robertina ^a   Toncelli, Loira ^a   Peçagna, Patricia ^a   Manetti, Paolo ^a   Stefani, Laura ^a   Galanti, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocardial border; Exercise echocardiography; Master athletes

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPORTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12344258117     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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