Stress echo without the stress: Detection of coronary stenosis at rest by myocardial contrast echocardiography

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1085-1087

  Grayburn, Paul A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Editorials; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUTREN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; REST;

EID: 24044534456     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.562769     Document Type: Editorial

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