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New imaging technology: measurement of myocardial perfusion by contrast echocardiographyMyocardial perfusion imaging has long been a goal for the non-invasive echocardiographic assessment of the heart. However, many factors at play in perfusion imaging have made this goal elusive. Harmonic imaging and triggered imaging with newer contrast agents have made myocardial perfusion imaging potentially practical in the very near future. The application of indicator dilution theory to the coronary circulation and bubble contrast agents is fraught with complexities and sources of error. Therefore, quantification of myocardial perfusion by non-invasive echocardiographic imaging requires further investigation in order to make this technique clinically viable.
Document ID
20040141549
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Rubin, D. N.
(Cleveland Clinic Foundation Ohio, United States)
Thomas, J. D.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 2000
Publication Information
Publication: Coronary artery disease
Volume: 11
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0954-6928
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Program Biomedical Research and Countermeasures
Review
Review, Tutorial
NASA Discipline Cardiopulmonary
Non-NASA Center

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