Myocardial contrast echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-267

  Senior, Roxy ^a   Villanueva, Flordeliza ^b   Vannan, Mani A ^c  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROBUBBLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 2542473349     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2004.02.007     Document Type: Review

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