Myocardial contrast echocardiography perfusion imaging: still waiting after all these years

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James D Thomas. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013.

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. 2013 Oct 8;62(15):1362-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.053. Epub 2013 Jun 13.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: thomasj@ccf.org.

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Keywords: SonoVue; contrast echocardiography; ischemia.

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