Contrast echocardiography: Fulfilling its promise

ACC Current Journal Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 26-32

  Wei, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUTREN;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROBUBBLE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSE PRESSURE; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 17044414494     PISSN: 10621458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accreview.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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