Open AccessDetection of Subendocardial Ischemia in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Territory With Real-Time Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Feng Xie,
Saritha Dodla,
Edward O’Leary,
Thomas R. Porter
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.02.004
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , dobutamine , perfusion , endocardium , ischemia , coronary artery disease , hemodynamics
The purpose of this study was to test whether the transmural delineation of myocardial perfusion during dobutamine stress imaging with real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (RTMCE) might permit visualization of dobutamine-induced subendocardial ischemia.
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