Effects of ultrasound contrast during tissue velocity imaging on regional left ventricular velocity, strain, and strain rate measurements

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Malm, Siri ^a   Frigstad, Sigmund ^b   Stoylen, Asbjorn ^a   Torp, Hans ^c   Sagberg, Einar ^c   Skjarpe, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Ge Vingmed Ultrasound AS   (Norway)

^c Medisinsk Teknisk Forskningssenter ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 30844466850     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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