Contrast echocardiography in Canada: Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography position paper
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Contrast echocardiography in Canada: Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography position paper.
As an adjunct to transthoracic, transesophageal and stress echocardiography, contrast echocardiography (CE) improves the diagnostic accuracy of technically suboptimal studies when used in conjunction with harmonic imaging. Intravenous ultrasound contrast agents are indicated for left ventricular (LV) opacification and improvement of LV endocardial border delineation in patients with suboptimal ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0828-282X
DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(07)70767-5