Myocardial contrast echocardiography incoronary artery disease

Myocardial contrast echocardiography in coronary artery disease.

Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) allows the assessment of myocardial perfusion by imaging the coronary microcirculation. The development of new contrast agents and new diagnostic tools far assessing myocardial perfusion by means of MCE has led to a new field of applications far patients suffering from ischemic heart disease. Several studies have shown that MCE is a feasible and accura...

Contrast echocardiography in coronary artery disease.

Conventional echocardiography is widely used and well documented in evaluation of patients with stable and unstable coronary artery disease (Mollema et al., 2009). In particular, assessment of left ventricular function, volumes and ejection fraction adds important prognostic information in individual patients. In addition, echocardiography may detect any concomitant valvular heart disease as we...

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: A New Method for the Assesment of Myocardial Perfusion in Coronary Artery Disease

highly suited to the non-invasive assessment of myocardial function. Changes in myocardial perfusion can be depicted by echocardiography indirectly as wall motion and thickening abnormalities. Regional left ventricular systolic function estimation is useful in the detection of ischemic but viable myocardium and provides information of paramount importance concerning the management of patients w...