Assessment of myocardial perfusion with real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography: Methodology and clinical applications

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 582-590

  Elhendy, Abdou ^a,b   Porter, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; FS 069; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERFLUTREN; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 25444530352     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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