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Identification of Viable Myocardium by Perfusion Imaging with Intravenous Contrast Echocardiography After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
KUVIN JEFFREY T.,
YAO JIEFEN,
BLOMBERG PATRICK J.,
PANDIAN NATESA G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01132.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perfusion , myocardial infarction , cardiology , blood flow , ultrasound , coronary circulation , perfusion scanning , microbubbles , intravenous contrast , contrast (vision) , radiology , computed tomography , artificial intelligence , computer science
Myocardial perfusion contrast echocardiography is evolving into an effective method for the evaluation of myocardial blood flow after acute coronary events. The direct injection of ultrasound contrast agents into the aortic and coronary circulation has been shown to accurately identify areas of viable myocardial tissue. Recently, intravenous ultrasound contrast has been found to be useful in detecting microvascular blood flow after the restoration of blood flow in patients with myocardial infarction. We present the case of a patient in whom intravenous ultrasound contrast assisted in the detection of viable myocardial tissue after an acute ischemic syndrome.