Transthoracic echocardiography for imaging of the different coronary artery segments: A feasibility study

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Vegsundvåg, Johnny ^a   Holte, Espen ^a   Wiseth, Rune ^b,c   Hegbom, Knut ^c   Hole, Torstein ^a,b  

^a Lesund Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 74849136447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-7-58     Document Type: Article

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