Contrast echocardiography: New agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-434

  Miller, Andrew P ^a   Nanda, Navin C ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Contrast agent; History; Inflammation; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Quantification; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICINE; ULTRASONICS;

MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALBUNEX; CARDIOSPHERE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOVUE;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 2342535852     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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