Non-Invasive Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve - Valuable Functional Information in Cardiac Workflow;Erfassung der Koronaren Flussreserve mit Hochauflösender Echokardiographie - Klinischer Stellenwert in der Kardiologischen Diagnostik

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Lambertz, H ^a   Lethen, H ^a   Tries, H P ^a   Kersting, S ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac ultrasound; Coronary flow reserve; Coronary perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART WORK; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 1442326055     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45247     Document Type: Review

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