Acute Mortality in Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Echocardiography With and Without an Ultrasound Contrast Agent. Results in 18,671 Consecutive Studies

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1704-1706

  Kusnetzky, Lisa L ^a   Khalid, Adnan ^a   Khumri, Taiyeb M ^a   Moe, Tabitha G ^a   Jones, Philip G ^a   Main, Michael L ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43049102733     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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