Qualitative and quantitative real time myocardial contrast echocardiography for detecting hibernating myocardium

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-349

  Fernandes, Daniela Ribeiro Aleixo ^a   Tsutsui, Jeane Mike ^a,b   Bocchi, Edimar Alcides ^a   César, Luiz Antônio MacHado ^a   Sbano, João César Nunes ^a   Ramires, José Antonio Franchini ^a   Mathias Jr , Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

Author keywords

coronary flow reserve; hibernating myocardium; myocardial contrast echocardiography; myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952763946     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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