Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of Myocardial Perfusion

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-282

  Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDITY;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548165957     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2007.05.005     Document Type: Review

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