Quantitative Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 99-109

  Ito, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

contrast agent; echocardiography; microcirculation; myocardial infarction; myocardial ischemia; myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956157421     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2303/jecho.4.99     Document Type: Article

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