Safety and Efficacy of Commercially Available Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Rest and Stress Echocardiography. A Multicenter Experience

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-38

  Dolan, Melda S ^a   Gala, Simil S ^a   Dodla, Saritha ^b   Abdelmoneim, Sahar S ^c   Xie, Feng ^b   Cloutier, David ^b   Bierig, Michelle ^a   Mulvagh, Sharon L ^c   Porter, Thomas R ^b   Labovitz, Arthur J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast; echocardiography; safety; stress

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; PERFLUTREN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57949092225     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.066     Document Type: Article

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