Myocardial contrast echocardiography for simultaneous assessment of function and perfusion in real time: A technique comes of age

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1182-1184

  Senior, Roxy ^a   Shah, Benoy N ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contrast echocardiography; Editorials; perfusion; prognosis; stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84865865686     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.129031     Document Type: Editorial

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