Current indications for contrast echocardiography imaging

Current indications for contrast echocardiography imaging.

UNLABELLED The assessment of regional ventricular function is dependent on good endocardial definition. Suboptimal images can be converted to diagnostic recordings in the majority of patients by contrast agents, which have become an indispensable aid in rest and stress echocardiography. In particular for stress echocardiography image quality is essential and contrast administration is of great ...

Fetal Echocardiography Indications: A Single- Center Experience

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common lethal congenital anomaly. Early diagnosis of CHD by fetal echocardiography based on maternal and fetal indications is important and lifesaving. The aim of study was to assess the referral aspects of pregnant women to pediatric cardiologist. Materials and Methods This was a retrospective cross-sectional study on 250 documents of refer...

Indications for Fetal Echocardiography

Contrast echocardiography: current and future applications.

Recent updates in the field of echocardiography have resulted in improvements in image quality, especially in those patients whose ultrasonographic (ultrasound) evaluation was previously suboptimal. Intravenous contrast agents are now available in the United States and Europe for the indication of left ventricular opacification and enhanced endocardial border delineation. The use of contrast en...

Current Indications for Endopyelotomy

Results of endopyelotomy fall somewhat short of contemporary open pyeloplasty (67-95% versus 95100%). As most endopyelotomy series using different techniques achieve approximately the same results, it appears likely that selection criteria play a major role. Risk factors have been identified: the presence of vessels crossing directly the ureteropelvic junction stands out as a major prognostic f...