Usefulness of Ultrasound Contrast Agent to Improve Image Quality During Real-Time Three-Dimensional Stress Echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-278

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a   Krenning, Boudewijn J ^a   Soliman, Osama I I ^a   Anwar, Ashraf M ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   ten Cate, Folkert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSKINESIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846096946     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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