Adverse reactions after the use of sulphur hexafluoride (SonoVue) echo contrast agent

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-77

  Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   Michels, Michelle ^a   Soliman, Osama Ii ^a   Caliskan, Kadir ^a   Galema, Tjebbe W ^a   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Contrast agent; Sulphur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLEMASTINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 2; HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; SHOCK; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BRADYCARDIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650924220     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328319bfba     Document Type: Article

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