Localizing and quantifying ablation lesions in the left ventricle by myocardial contrast echocardiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1078-1087

  Khoury, Dirar S ^a,c   Rao, Liyun ^a   Ding, Chuxiong ^a   Sun, Huabin ^a   Youker, Keith A ^a   Panescu, Dorin ^b   Nagueh, Sherif F ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EP Technologies/Boston Scientific   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Contrast media; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 4644283939     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04087.x     Document Type: Article

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