Clinical evaluation of left heart Doppler contrast enhancement by a saccharide-based transpulmonary contrast agent
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Enhancement of mitral regurgitation and normal left atrial color Doppler flow signals with peripheral venous injection of a saccharide-based contrast agent.
OBJECTIVES The saccharide ultrasound contrast agent SHU 508 A was used to test the hypothesis that an intravenous, transpulmonary contrast method can enhance color Doppler flow signals in the left atrium in a clinically useful manner. BACKGROUND Color Doppler display of mitral regurgitation may be unreliable because of variable signal to noise ratios that are at times poor. Traditional contra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)00404-e