Real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography for the detection of stress-induced myocardial ischemia: Comparison with 99mTc-sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 890-896

  Dubart, A E ^a   Carvalho Da Silva Jr , K G ^a   Korosoglou, G ^a   Bekeredjian, R ^a   Hansen, A ^a   Hardt, S ^a   Rosenberg, M ^a   Ferrari, N ^b   Hoerig, B ^a   Zehelein, J ^a   Kuecherer, H ^a  

^a Innere Medizin III ^*  (Germany)

^b University of Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial ischemia; Myocardial perfusion; Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 19944430051     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-004-0144-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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