Integrated backscatter for the assessment of myocardial viability

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-437

  Yamada, Satoshi ^a   Komuro, Kaoru ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Hakodate Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contractile reserve; Coronary artery disease; Integrated backscatter; Myocardial viability; Ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOISOTOPE;

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33747048383     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000240578.05053.f9     Document Type: Review

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