Combination of contrast with stress echocardiography: A practical guide to methods and interpretation

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Moir, Stuart ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSCILLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 4844228626     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-15     Document Type: Review

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