Usefulness of combined color Doppler/contrast in providing complete delineation of left ventricular cavity

G Agrawal; E G Cape; J S Raichlen; C Tirtaman; E T Lee; P H Fan; N C Nanda

Usefulness of combined color Doppler/contrast in providing complete delineation of left ventricular cavity

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jul 1;80(1):98-101.

Authors

G Agrawal¹, E G Cape, J S Raichlen, C Tirtaman, E T Lee, P H Fan, N C Nanda

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233, USA.

PMID: 9205033

Abstract

Contrast-enhanced 2-dimensional echocardiography without color Doppler did not result in complete filling of the left ventricular cavity in 21 patients studied. However, contrast-enhanced color Doppler was very effective and provided complete opacification of the left ventricular cavity in 20 of these 21 patients.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiac Volume
Contrast Media
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / methods*
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Polysaccharides
Stroke Volume / physiology
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Contrast Media
Polysaccharides
SHU 508