A retrospective comparison of mortality in critically ill hospitalized patients undergoing echocardiography with and without an ultrasound contrast agent.

Exuzides, Alex; Main, Michael L; Colby, Chris; Grayburn, Paul A; Feinstein, Steven B; Goldman, Jonathan H

Exuzides, Alex; Main, Michael L; Colby, Chris; Grayburn, Paul A; Feinstein, Steven B; Goldman, Jonathan H.

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Exuzides A; ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, California, USA.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging ; 3(6): 578-85, 2010 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20541713

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Contrast Media/adverse effects; Echocardiography/mortality; Fluorocarbons/adverse effects; Inpatients/statistics & numerical data; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Case-Control Studies; Comorbidity; Critical Illness; Databases as Topic; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Microbubbles; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Propensity Score; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Time Factors; United States/epidemiology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Echocardiography / Contrast Media / Fluorocarbons / Inpatients Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Equity_inequality Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging Journal subject: ANGIOLOGIA / CARDIOLOGIA / DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM Year: 2010 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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