Quantitative echocardiographic evaluation of myocardial perfusion using interrupted contrast infusion technique: In vivo validation studies and feasibility in human beings

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1304-1311

  Toledo, Eran ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Collins, Keith A ^a   Lammertin, Georgeanne ^a   Weinert, Lynn ^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

ADENOSINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE; PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPERFUSION; SWINE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 29244479993     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.03.039     Document Type: Article

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