Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Evolving as a Clinically Feasible Technique for Accurate, Rapid, and Safe Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion. The Evidence So Far

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2168-2177

  Dijkmans, Pieter A ^a   Senior, Roxy ^b   Becher, Harald ^c   Porter, Thomas R ^d   Wei, Kevin ^e   Visser, Cees A ^a   Kamp, Otto ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERFLUTREN; PLACEBO; SONOVUE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845223507     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.079     Document Type: Review

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