Contrast echocardiography to uncover right ventricular-type myocardial bridging:

Myocardial contrast echocardiography.

MCE has evolved from a laboratory tool to a clinical procedure. It would be wrong to consider it merely another tool for imaging of myocardial perfusion. As discussed, it allows physicians to bring physiology and pathophysiology to the bedside, providing a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of abnormal findings in individual patients. MCE can provide quantitative measurements tha...

3D Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

Contrast echocardiography in myocardial infarction

The contrast agents used in ultrasound are approved for several clinical situations. New echocardiographic techniques, such as harmonic imaging and power pulse inversion imaging, can improve the visualization of microbubbles. In this article we discuss the early development of contrast echocardiography, new technologies that help improve image acquisition and its practical role in the assessmen...

Contrast echocardiography: from left ventricular opacification to myocardial perfusion. Are the promises to be realised?

V irtually every cardiac imaging technique utilises contrast agents, yet the adoption of ultrasound contrast agents into the routine practice of echocardiography has been slow. The commercial and clinical promise of contrast echo has not yet been fulfilled and we are truly standing at the crossroad between success and failure of the technique. In this introductory article to the mini-symposium ...

Echocardiography of right ventricular tumors.

The clinical and echocardiographic findings of four patients with right ventricular tumors (three myxomas and one metastatic melanoma) are presented. All four patients previously had been evaluated by competent cardiologists, and the diagnosis of a right ventricular tumor was missed. The initial echocardiograms were interpreted as not showing any right ventricular tumor; but on review we found ...