Contrast echocardiography for right-sided heart conditions: Case reports and literature review

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-41

  Arora, Harvinder ^a   Virani, Salim S ^a   Simpson, Leo ^a   Stainback, Raymond F ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Contrast media; Echocardiography methods; Heart valve diseases ultrasonography; Microspheres; Right ultrasonography; Tricuspid valve insufficiency; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 42549165732     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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