Real time myocardial contrast echocardiography during supine bicycle stress and continuous infusion of contrast agent. Cutoff values for myocardial contrast replenishment discriminating abnormal myocardial perfusion

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 638-648

  Miszalski Jamka, Tomasz ^a   Kuntz Hehner, Stefanie ^b   Schmidt, Harald ^c   Hammerstingl, Christoph ^c   Tiemann, Klaus ^b   Ghanem, Alexander ^b   Troatz, Clemens ^b   Lüderitz, Berndt ^b   Omran, Heyder ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c St Marienhospital ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUPINE POSITION; TIME;

EID: 34250786127     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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