Quantitative myocardial contrast echocardiography for prediction of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction flow in acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1212-1217

  Moir, Stuart ^a   Haluska, Brian ^a   Leung, Dominic ^a   Lim, Richard ^a   Garrahy, Paul ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FS 069;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 2342638216     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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