Contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Feinstein, Steven B ^a   Coll, Blai ^b   Staub, Daniel ^c   Adam, Dan ^d   Schinkel, Arend F L ^e   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^e   Thomenius, Kai ^f  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e Thoraxenter   (Netherlands)

^f GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; BY 963; ECHOVIST; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; QUANTISON; SHU 508; SONAVIST; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASA VASORUM;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 75949115654     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9165-y     Document Type: Review

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