Contrast echocardiography: the role of sulfur hexafluoride in achieving optimal results

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Bezante, Gian Paolo ^a   Girardi, Nadia ^a   Agosti, Sergio ^a   Barsotti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Myocardial perfusion; Real time contrast echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845708386     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(06)60811-1     Document Type: Article

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