Contrast Echocardiography: Over-Achievement in Research, Under-Achievement in Practice?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-225

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG DISEASE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 75949127169     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.12.006     Document Type: Editorial

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