Delayed Opacification of the Coronary Bypass Region Detected by Intravenous Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Ishikura, Fuminobu ^a   Beppu, Shintaro ^a   Ueda, Hiroaki ^a   Kayano, Hiroyuki ^a   Asanuma, Toshihiko ^a   Otani, Kentaro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary circulation; Hypertension; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042812761     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2303/jecho.1.1     Document Type: Article

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