Limitations and potential clinical application on contrast echocardiography

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Modonesi, Elisa ^a   Balbi, Manrico ^a   Bezante, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIA; MICROANGIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951612092     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340310790231653     Document Type: Review

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