Comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography with SPECT in the evaluation of coronary artery disease in asymptomatic patients with LBBB

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-340

  Karavidas, Apostolos I ^a   Matsakas, Evangellos P ^a   Lazaros, George A ^a   Brestas, Paris S ^a   Avramidis, Dimitrios A ^a   Zacharoulis, Achilleas Ap ^a   Fotiadis, Ioannis N ^a   Korres, Dimitrios A ^a   Zacharoulis, Apostolos Ach ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Contrast echocardiography; Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic accuracy; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERFUSION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOSINE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33748777098     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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