Evaluation of transmural myocardial perfusion by ultra-harmonic myocardial contrast echocardiography in reperfused acute myocardial infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1041-1046

  Wada, Hiroshi ^a   Yasu, Takanori ^a   Kotsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Hayakawa, Yuhki ^a   Tsukamoto, Yoshiaki ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuhiko ^a   Ishida, Takeshi ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Kubo, Norifumi ^a   Kawakami, Masanobu ^a   Saito, Muneyasu ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Computed tomography; Contrast echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPICARDIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27744513129     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1041     Document Type: Article

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