| For left ventricular opacification and endocardial border definition: is it really important which contrast agent we use, or is it the imaging modality we choose? | |
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PMID: 11882448 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the effect of three imaging modalities (fundamental, harmonics, and power harmonics) on left ventricular opacification and endocardial border definition with two different echo agents, Optison and Albunex. METHODS: A total of 84 patients who had suboptimal transthoracic images were studied with echo contrast agents Albunex (n=41) and Optison (n=43). Each contrast agent was examined with three different imaging modalities, fundamental, harmonics and power harmonics, respectively. Left ventricular opacification was obtained by videodensitometric analysis. Percentage of endocardial border visualization was determined by indexing circumference of visualized endocardium to total circumference. Variables were compared with respect to three imaging modalities between two different echo agents. RESULTS: Higher videointensities and higher percentages of endocardial visualization were achieved with Optison compared to Albunex with fundamental and harmonics. However, there was no significant difference between Optison and Albunex with respect to LV opacification and border visualization by power harmonics. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that left ventricular opacification and endocardial border visualization is significantly improved by using power harmonic imaging as compared to harmonics or fundamental imaging following both echo contrast agents. Furthermore, although Optison is clearly superior to Albunex in opacifying left ventricle, power harmonic imaging compensates for the less robust agent. |
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Authors:
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M S Dolan; A El-Shafei; S Puri; K Tamirisa; J St Vrain; J Flanagan; E Havens; A J Labovitz |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 2 ISSN: 1525-2167 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Echocardiogr Publication Date: 2001 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-03-07 Completed Date: 2002-04-12 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890618 Medline TA: Eur J Echocardiogr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 154-62 Citation Subset: IM |
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Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis of Variance Chi-Square Distribution Contrast Media* Echocardiography / methods*, standards* Endocardium / ultrasonography* Female Heart Ventricles / ultrasonography Humans Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies |
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0/Contrast Media |
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Eur J Echocardiogr. 2001 Sep;2(3):143-4
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