Safety of contrast flash-replenishment stress echocardiography in 500 patients with a chest pain episode of undetermined origin within the last 5 days

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 726-732

  Gaibazzi, Nicola ^a,b   Squeri, Angelo ^a   Ardissino, Diego ^a   Reverberi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Contrast media; Dipyridamole; SonoVue; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; TROPONIN I;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 69049118147     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep078     Document Type: Article

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