Contrast echocardiography for the diagnosis of left ventricular thrombus in anterior myocardial infarction

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 308-312

  Wada, Hiroshi ^a   Yasu, Takanori ^b   Sakakura, Kenichi ^a   Hayakawa, Yuki ^a   Ishida, Takeshi ^a,c   Kobayashi, Nobuhiko ^a   Kubo, Norifumi ^a   Ako, Junya ^a   Momomura, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Saitama Citizens Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Contrast media; Echocardiography; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

SHU 508; CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGED; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICULAR OPACIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAPAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84905180119     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-013-0363-9     Document Type: Article

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