Quantification of Transmural Gradient of Blood Flow in Myocardial Ischemia with Real-Time Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography and Dipyridamole Stress Test

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Yao, Gui Hua ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Sun, Feng Rong ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a   Zhao, Yu Xia ^a   Zhang, Peng Fei ^a   Zhong, Lin ^a   Ding, Shi Fang ^a   Chen, Wen Qiang ^a   Li, Xiao Nan ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Echocardiography; Perfusion; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW (MBF); MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REAL-TIME MYOCARDIAL; TRANSMURAL GRADIENT;

BLOOD;

DIPYRIDAMOLE; SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; INFUSION PUMP; INSTRUMENTATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SYSTOLE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 37149015456     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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