Contrast Echocardiography: Evidence for Clinical Use

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 409-416

  Bhatia, Vinay Kumar ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast; Echocardiography; Imaging; Microbubbles; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; SONOVUE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 43049113809     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.01.018     Document Type: Review

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