Myocardial perfusion imaging with contrast echocardiography

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-239

  Carr, Chad L ^a   Lindner, Jonathan R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; TRACER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CELL VIABILITY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 45849129051     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-008-0039-8     Document Type: Review

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