Feasibility of perflutren microsphere contrast transthoracic echocardiography in the visualization of ventricular endocardium during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a validated ovine model

Echocardiography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 548-556

  Platts, David G ^a,b   Diab, Sara ^a   Dunster, Kimble R ^a,c   Shekar, Kiran ^a,b   Burstow, Darryl J ^a,b   Sim, Beatrice ^a   Tunbridge, Matthew ^a   McDonald, Charles ^a   Chemonges, Saul ^a,b   Chan, Jonathan ^a,d   Fraser, John F ^a,b  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

contrast specific echocardiography; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; PERFLUTREN; PERFLUTREN MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; OVINE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOVENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSPHERES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 84924070542     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12695     Document Type: Article

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