Microbubble contrast agents for echocardiography: Rationale, composition, ultrasodund interactions, and safety

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Raisinghani, Ajit ^a   Rafter, Patrick ^b   Phillips, Patrick ^c   Vannan, Mani A ^d   DeMaria, Anthony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AI 700; ALBUNEX; CARDIOSPHERE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOGEN; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAS; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR CAVITATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 2542450088     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2004.02.001     Document Type: Review

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