Real-time dobutamine stress myocardial contrast echocardiography for detecting coronary artery disease: Correlating abnormal wall motion and disturbed perfusion

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1237-1243

  Chiou, Kuan Rau ^a,b   Huang, Wei Chun ^a,b   Lin, Shoa Lin ^a,b   Hsieh, Pu Lin ^a,b   Liu, Chun Peng ^a,b   Tsay, Daw Guey ^a   Chiang, Hung Ting ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Coronary artery disease; Dobutamine echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 9144225448     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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