For Left Ventricular Opacification and Endocardial Border Definition: is it Really Important Which Contrast Agent we Use, or is it the Imaging Modality we Choose?
Author(s) -
Melda S. Dolan,
Amr ElShafei,
Sanjeev Puri,
Kamala P. Tamirisa,
Jeanette St. Vrain,
Jean Flanagan,
Elena Havens,
Arthur J. Labovitz
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1053/euje.2001.0085
Subject(s) - medicine , second harmonic imaging microscopy , harmonics , ventricle , endocardium , contrast (vision) , visualization , cardiology , cardiac imaging , radiology , artificial intelligence , optics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , voltage , second harmonic generation , laser
The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the effect of three imaging modalities (fundamental, harmonics, and power harmonics) on left ventricular opacification and endocardial border definition with two different echo agents, Optison and Albunex.
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