Incidence of cardiac arrhythmias with therapeutic versus diagnostic ultrasound and intravenous microbubbles

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1099-1107

  Chapman, Scott ^a   Windle, John ^a   Xie, Feng ^a   McGrain, Anna ^a   Porter, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Echocardiography; Ultrasound contrast

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; MICROBUBBLES; PERFLUOROCARBON-EXPOSED SONICATED DEXTROSE ALBUMIN (PESDA); TRANSTHORACIC LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND (TLFUS);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ALBUMIN; FLUOROCARBON; GLUCOSE; PERFLUOROBUTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH MECHANICAL INDEX ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS MICROBUBBLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PULSED WAVE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC LOW FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 23044467774     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.8.1099     Document Type: Article

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