Contrast echocardiography accurately predicts myocardial perfusion before angiography during acute myocardial infarction

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1043-1048

  Schnell, Gregory B ^a   Kryski, Albert J ^a   Mann, Luana ^a   Anderson, Todd J ^a   Belenkie, Israel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Echocardiography; Myocardial contrast perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PATENCY; ACUTE DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 38449101195     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70871-1     Document Type: Article

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