Cyclic variation in ultrasonic myocardial integrated backscatter is due to phasic changes in the number of patent myocardial microvessels

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1009-1019

  Micari, Antonio ^a   Pascotto, Marco ^a   Jayaweera, Ananda R ^a   Sklenar, Jiri ^a   Goodman, N Craig ^a   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac contraction; Cyclic variation; Integrated backscatter; Myocardial blood volume

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICINE;

CARDIAC CONTRACTION; CYCLIC VARIATION; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; MYOCARDIAL BLOOD VOLUME;

ULTRASONICS;

ADENOSINE; MICROSPHERE; PERFLEXANE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONIC MYOCARDIAL INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33746661183     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.8.1009     Document Type: Article

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