Is Real Time Contrast Echocardiography Useful for Assessment of the Right Ventricular Morphology, Function, and Perfusion?

Echocardiography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1080-1086

  Kamińska, Marta ^a   Sobkowicz, Bozena ^a   Sawicki, Robert ^a   Lewkowicz, Janina ^a   Tomaszuk Kazberuk, Anna ^a   Glińska, Renata ^b   Musiał, Włodzimierz J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pulmonary embolism; chronic pulmonary arterial hypertension; contrast enhanced echocardiography; right ventricle

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84936857397     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12819     Document Type: Article

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