Harald Becher, Andreas Helfen, Guido Michels, Nicola Gaibazzi, Roxy Senior, Christoph Frank Dietrich
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Abstract
Ultrasound enhancing agents (UEAs, formerly called contrast agents) have enhanced echocardiographic diagnostics of myocardial disease and masses as well as myocardial perfusion abnormalities. This review provides up-to-date guidance on the procedures and interpretations according to current recommendations of imaging societies and considering the results of recent major studies. For the different indications, a standardized approach has been created including technical aspects, pre-assessment and primary scan planes, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) procedure, interpretation and reporting. In a previous publication (part 1) the UEAs, imaging methods, preparation of the patients and assessment of global and regional LV function with UEAs were included. The two parts represent a comprehensive state-of-the-art compendium on how to perform CEUS examinations in clinical echocardiography and provide advice on education, qualification and quality control.
DiagnosticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Clinical Biochemistry
CiteScore
4.70
自引率
8.30%
发文量
2699
审稿时长
19.64 days
期刊介绍：
Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418) is an international scholarly open access journal on medical diagnostics. It publishes original research articles, reviews, communications and short notes on the research and development of medical diagnostics. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and/or methodological details must be provided for research articles.
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