634 Incremental value of contrast-enhanced simplified 3D echocardiography

3D Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

Contrast Enhanced Echocardiography for Detection of Intrapulmonary Shunts in Liver Transplant Candidates

Background: Intrapulmonary vascular abnormalities associated with liver cirrhosis may result in intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt and hypoxemia. The aim of this study was to use contrast enhanced echocardiography to detect intrapulmonary vascular abnormalities in patients with liver cirrhosis candidates for liver transplantation. Methods: One hundred and two adult patients underwent contrast e...

Incremental value of parametric quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion by triggered Low-Power myocardial contrast echocardiography.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the assessment of myocardial perfusion by myocardial parametric quantification (MPQ) with technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging in humans. BACKGROUND Accurate visual interpretation of myocardial contrast echocardiographic (MCE) images is qualitative and requires considerable experience. Current ...

Diffuse Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in Children: Essential Value of Contrast Echocardiography in Diagnosis

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are abnormal communications between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins, and most commonly congenital in nature. Although rare, it is an important consideration in cyanotic patients of unknown cause. We report 3 cases with diffuse PAVM in children with different clinical manifestations and initial diagnosis was made by transthoracic contrast echoc...

Incremental Value Of 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography for The Assessment of Mitral Valve Prolapse

Mailing Address: Viviane Tiemi Hotta • Unidade Clínica de Miocardiopatias do InCor/FMUSP. Avenida Doutor Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 44. São Paulo, Postal Code 05403-000. São Paulo, SP Brazil. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Manuscript received September 1, 2014; revised manuscript Sptember 8, 2014; accepted September 8, 2014. A 90-year-old asymptomatic patient w...