Interrupted infusion of echocardiographic contrast as a basis for accurate measurement of myocardial perfusion: Ex vivo validation and analysis procedures

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1312-1320

  Toledo, Eran ^a   Collins, Keith A ^a   Williams, Ursula ^a   Lammertin, Georgeanne ^a   Bolotin, Gil ^a   Raman, Jai ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW RATE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29244438986     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.03.040     Document Type: Article

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