Premature ventricular contraction during myocardial contrast echocardiography: Relationship with imaging method, acoustic power and dose of contrast agent

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-74

  Okazaki, Juri ^a   Ishikura, Fuminobu ^a   Asanuma, Toshihiko ^a   Otani, Kentaro ^a   Beppu, Shintaro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias (premature ventricular contraction); Contrast echocardiography; Contrast media; Experimental medicine

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUTREN;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROCARBONS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 2142768187     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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