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Two-dimensional contrast echocardiography. I. In vitro development and quantitative analysis of echo contrast agents
- Source :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 3:14-20
- Publication Year :
- 1984
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1984.
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Abstract
- To facilitate the passage of echo contrast agents through the microcirculation and the echocardiographic study of myocardial perfusion, ultrasonic energy (sonication) was employed to produce contrast agents consisting of relatively uniform, stable and small (less than 10 mu diameter) gaseous microbubbles suspended in liquid solutions. The size and persistence of the microbubbles was verified by light microscopy and an in vitro system were employed for comparative assessment of peak echo amplitude and echo persistence characteristics of various contrast agents. The study indicated that although a variety of hand-agitated and sonicated contrast agents provided satisfactory echo intensities, sonication was clearly superior to the hand-agitation method, because sonication produced smaller, more uniform and more stable microbubbles that may be suitable for myocardial contrast echocardiography. It is concluded that of the contrast agents examined, sonicated solutions of sorbitol (70%) and dextrose (70%) appeared to have particular potential because of the small sizes of the microbubbles (6 +/- 2 and 8 +/- 3 mu, respectively) and their prolonged in vitro persistence. The use of sonication to produce standardized, small and stable microbubbles should facilitate physiologic passage of the contrast agent through the capillary beds and allow two-dimensional imaging of the left heart myocardium during right-sided, aortic root, coronary sinus or intracoronary contrast injections.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Microcirculation
media_common.quotation_subject
Sonication
Contrast Media
Glucose
Echocardiography
Evaluation Studies as Topic
medicine
Microbubbles
Humans
Sorbitol
Contrast (vision)
Ultrasonic sensor
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Quantitative analysis (chemistry)
Perfusion
Coronary sinus
Biomedical engineering
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07351097
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....00218c45ee52ca527d1e46cf0b478ae2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(84)80424-6