Quantification of resting myocardial blood flow velocity in normal humans using real-time contrast echocardiography. A feasibility study

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Malm, Siri ^a   Frigstad, Sigmund ^b   Helland, Frode ^a   Oye, Kjetil ^a   Slordahl, Stig ^a   Skjarpe, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 23944481196     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-16     Document Type: Article

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