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Part II: Recent Advances in Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography. Clinical Experience in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease with Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Villanueva Flordeliza S.,
Porter Thomas R.,
Xie Feng
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00399.x
Subject(s) - microbubbles , medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , perfusion , dipyridamole , contrast (vision) , dobutamine , revascularization , radiology , ultrasound , hemodynamics , computer science , artificial intelligence
Myocardial contrast enhancement following intravenous infusions or injections of perfluorocarbon‐containing microbubbles has now been observed consistently in humans. Currently, the major challenge facing us is interpreting accurately what we see. The myocardial contrast patterns we observe have, thus far, been shown to detect myocardial perfusion abnormalities during dipyridamole, adenosine, and dobutamine stress echocardiography. They also have been shown to detect zones of no reflow following coronary revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction. These preliminary data will require validation in larger multicenter clinical studies.