Myocardial contrast echocardiography in assessment of stable coronary artery disease at intermediate dobutamine-induced stress level

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-60

  Lønnebakken, Mai Tone ^a,b   Bleie, Øyvind ^a   Strand, Elin ^b   Staal, Eva M ^b   Nygård, Ottar K ^a,b   Gerdts, Eva ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dobutamin stress; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Perfusion imaging; Quantitative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149190195     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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