Contrast-enhanced versus non-enhanced three-dimensional echocardiography of left ventricular volumes

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Van Der Heide, J A ^a   Mannaerts, H F J ^a   Yang, L ^b   Sieswerda, G T ^a   Visser, C A ^a   Kamp, O ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast; Echocardiography; Ultrasound; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART APICAL ACOUSTIC WINDOW; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38949101189     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086117     Document Type: Article

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