Cardiovascular Ultrasound
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  ReviewCombination of contrast with stress echocardiography: A practical guide to methods and interpretationStuart Moir  and Thomas H Marwick  Division of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia  author email corresponding author email
Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2004,
2:15doi:10.1186/1476-7120-2-15
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26 August 2004 |
Abstract
Contrast echocardiography has an established role for enhancement of the right heart Doppler signals, the detection of intra-cardiac shunts, and most recently for left ventricular cavity opacification (LVO). The use of intravenously administered micro-bubbles to traverse the myocardial microcirculation in order to outline myocardial viability and perfusion has been the source of research studies for a number of years. Despite the enthusiasm of investigators, myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) has not attained routine clinical use and LV opacification during stress has been less widely adopted than the data would support. The purpose of this review is to facilitate an understanding of the involved imaging technologies that have made this technique more feasible for clinical practice, and to guide its introduction into the practice of the non-expert user. | 
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