Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 782-788 , August 2001

Transmural variation of myocardial attenuation and its potential effect on contrast-mediated estimates of regional myocardial perfusion

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☆ Supported in part by NIH Grant HL40302.

☆☆ Reprint requests: James G. Miller, PhD, Campus Box 1105, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130.

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 782-788 , August 2001

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