Myocardial contrast echocardiography demonstrates myocardial hypoperfusion in the LAD territory in patients with acute chest pain at rest - A prospective study using power Doppler harmonic imaging with intravenous bolus application

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-141

  Hagendorff, A ^a   Goeckritz, A ^a   Pfeiffer, D ^a   Becher, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolus application; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Power Doppler harmonic imaging; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; TROPONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALBUMINS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1442326803     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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