The use of contrast echocardiography: A matter of clinical judgement [3]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1565-

  Hoffmann, Rainer ^a   Von Bardeleben, Stephan ^b   Ten Cate, Folkert ^c   Borges, Adrian C ^d   Kasprzak, Jaroslaw ^e   Firschke, Christian ^f   Lafitte, Stephane ^g   Al Saadi, Nidal ^d   Kuntz Hehner, Stefanie ^h   Greis, Christian ⁱ   Becher, Harald ^j   Vanoverschelde, Jean Louis ^k  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Medical University of Lodz Bieganski Hospital   (Poland)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁱ Bracco Diagnostics Inc   (Germany)

^j JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 25444478850     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi348     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Buck T, Erbel R. Should contrast be routinely used for echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function? A matter of appropriateness. Eur Heart J 2005;26:534-535.
2. Thomson H, Basmadjian AJ, Rainbird AJ, Razavi M, Avierinos JF, Pellikka PA, Bailey KR, Breen JF, Enriquez-Sarano M. Contrast echocardiography improves the accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular remodelling measurements. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;38:867-875.
3. Hoffmann R, von Bardeleben S, ten Cate F, Borges AC, Kasprzak J, Firschke C, Lafitte S, Al-Saadi N, Kuntz-Hehner S, Engelhardt M, Becher H, Vanoverschelde JL. Assessment of systolic left ventricular function: a multi-center comparison of cineventriculography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, unenhanced and contrast enhanced echocardiography. Eur Heart J 2005; 26:607-616.