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Article: Findings from Mayo Clinic in echocardiography reported.(Clinical report)
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- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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In this recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "To assess the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE)-derived absolute myocardial blood flow for detection of myocardial perfusion abnormalities compared with simultaneous technetium 99 m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Prospective study. Tertiary-care medical institution."
"79 patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Simultaneous SPECT and real-time MCE during adenosine stress. Absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF, ml/min/g), microbubble velocity (beta, min(-1)), and reserve ...