Transthoracic, harmonic mode, contrast enhanced color Doppler echocardiography in detection of restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions. Prospective evaluation verified by coronary angiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-64

  Krzanowski, Marek ^a   Bodzoń, Wojciech ^a   Dudek, Dariusz ^a   Heba, Grzegorz ^a   Rzeszutko, Marcin ^a   Nizankowski, Rafał ^a   Dubiel, Jacek ^a   Szczeklik, Andrzej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Doppler echocardiography; PCI; Restenosis; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242297104     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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