The current state of myocardial contrast echocardiography: What can we read between the lines?

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-

  Gibson, Patrick H ^a   Becher, Harald ^a   Choy, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; LEARNING CURVE; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA; TRAINING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; NOTE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84896716710     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet247     Document Type: Letter

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