Myocardial contrast echocardiography accurately reflects transmurality of myocardial necrosis and predicts contractile reserve after acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 355-362

  Janardhanan, Rajesh ^a   Moon, James C C ^b   Pennell, Dudley J ^b   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; SONOVUE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VELOCITY;

EID: 14844322876     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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