Real-time 3-Dimensional Contrast Stress Echocardiography: A Bridge Too Far?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1224-1225

  Krenning, Boudewijn J ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34748926378     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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