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Does contrast echocardiography induce increases in markers of myocardial necrosis, inflammation and oxidative stress suggesting myocardial injury?

BACKGROUND: Contrast echocardiography is a precise tool for the non-invasive assessment of myocardial function and perfusion. Side effects of contrast echocardiography resulting from contrast-agent induced myocardial micro-lesions have been found in animals. The goal of this study is to measure mark...

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Autores principales: Knebel, Fabian, Schimke, Ingolf, Eddicks, Stephan, Walde, Torsten, Ziebig, Reinhard, Schattke, Sebastian, Baumann, Gert, Borges, Adrian Constantin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1208924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16107209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-3-21