Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography. A Wondrous Journey!

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-218

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast echocardiography; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NO REFLOW PHENOMENON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 75949090438     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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