Combined use of contrast-enhanced 2-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography for improved left ventricular endocardial border delineation using Levovist, a new venous echocardiographic contrast agent
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Vol. 13 (2) , 137-144
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005739213507
Abstract
Transthoracic echocardiography often provides inadequate endocardial border visualization, particularly of the left ventricular apex. The aim of this study was to determine whether the transpulmonary...Keywords
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