Contrast echocardiography and clinical safety [3];Contraste ecocardiográfico y seguridad clínica

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-400

  Calvo, David ^a   de la Hera, Jesús ^a   Lee, Dae Hyun ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AKINESIA; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744811150     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13087068     Document Type: Letter

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