Assessment of a right ventricular metastasis using contrast echocardiography perfusion imaging

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-328

  Moustafa, Sherif E ^a   Sauvé, Claude ^a   Amyot, Robert ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Intracardiac metastasis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; PERFLUTREN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43449122211     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen067     Document Type: Article

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