Noninvasive Assessment of Coronary Vasodilating Capacity Using Freehand 3-Dimensional Echocardiography with Rotational Scanning

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Youn, Ho Joong ^a   Ihm, Sang Hyun ^a   Park, Chul Soo ^a   Oh, Yong Seog ^a   Chung, Wook Sung ^a   Kim, Jae Hyung ^a   Choi, Kyu Bo ^a   Hong, Soon Jo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33846617321     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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