Detection, location, and severity assessment of left anterior descending coronary artery stenoses by means of contrast-enhanced transthoracic harmonic echo Doppler

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1797-1806

  Caiati, Carlo ^a   Zedda, Norma ^b   Cadeddu, Mauro ^b   Chen, Lijun ^b   Montaldo, Cristiana ^b   Iliceto, Sabino ^c   Lepera, Mario Erminio ^a   Favale, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary flow velocity; Echo contrast; Second harmonic Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBICULUM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67651087430     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp163     Document Type: Article

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