Myocardial Contrast Agents – Safety Considerations and Clinical Efficacy in Stress Echocardiography
Author:
Maier Anca1, Opris Maria Mihaela1, Sirbu Voichita1, Brinzaniuc Klara1
Affiliation:
1. University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tirgu Mures
Abstract
Abstract
Transthoracic echocardiographic examination is known to be a safe, non-invasive and reproducible method, used in every day clinical practice to obtain important information about cardiac structure and function. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of studies have highlighted the considerable technically difficultly in producing diagnostic images due to a poor acoustic window and more than 33% of patients undergoing stress echocardiography have suboptimal echocardiographic images. All these limitations have led to the use of contrast agents to improve the quality of standard ultrasound examination to provide a better delineation of left ventricle endocardial borders or to obtain information that cannot be achieved by using standard echocardiography, such as assessing myocardial microcirculation and therefore perfusion. This paper sought to review the clinical efficacy and safety of ultrasound contrast agents focusing on stress echocardiography.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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