Characterization of microvascular and myocardial damage within perfusion defect area at myocardial contrast echocardiography in the subacute phase of myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-180

  Galiuto, Leonarda ^a   Locorotondo, Gabriella ^a   Paraggio, Lazzaro ^a   De Caterina, Alberto R ^a   Leone, Antonio M ^a   Fedele, Elisa ^a   Barchetta, Sabrina ^a   Porto, Italo ^a   Natale, Luigi ^b   Rebuzzi, Antonio G ^a   Bonomo, Lorenzo ^b   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infarct size; Microvascular damage; Myocardial contrast echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; SONOVUE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADENOSINE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84863638777     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer190     Document Type: Article

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