Intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Tsutsui, Jeane M ^a   Kusler, Monique ^a   Porter, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23944482964     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000176404.48496.a2     Document Type: Review

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