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Contrast Echocardiography

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Richard S. Meltzer

    1. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
      Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

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  2. Jos Roelandt

    1. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 15)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. An Introduction to Contrast Echocardiography

    1. An Introduction to Contrast Echocardiography

      • Harvey Feigenbaum
      Pages 1-4

  3. Physical Properties and Theoretic Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. The Source of Echocardiographic Contrast

      • Richard S. Meltzer, E. Glenn Tickner, Richard L. Popp, Jos Roelandt
      Pages 7-16

    3. Contrast Agents for Diagnostic Ultrasound

      • Raymond Gramiak
      Pages 17-24

    4. Why Capillary Beds Remove Ultrasonic Contrast

      • E. Glenn Tickner, Richard S. Meltzer
      Pages 25-29

    5. Ultrasonic Studies During Experimental Decompression

      • George J. Rubissow, R. Stuart Mackay
      Pages 30-43

  4. Clinical Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Methodology in Contrast Echocardiography

      • Nelson B. Schiller, James A. Goldstein
      Pages 47-50

    3. Structure Identification by Contrast Echocardiography

      • Richard L. Popp, Charles R. Tucker
      Pages 51-58

    4. Spontaneous Left Ventricular Microbubbles in Patients with Metallic Mitral Prosthetic Valves

      • Randolph P. Martin, Lehman K. Preis Jr.
      Pages 59-71

    5. Contrast Echocardiography of the Left Ventricle

      • J. Roelandt, R. S. Meltzer, P. W. Serruys
      Pages 72-85

    6. Pulmonary Wedge Injections for the Evaluation of Left-to-Right Shunts

      • Attilio Reale, Francesco Pizzuto
      Pages 86-96

    7. Factors Affecting the Success of Attaining Left Heart Echo Contrast After Pulmonary Wedge Injections

      • Patrick W. Serruys, Richard S. Meltzer, Jackie McGhie, Jos Roelandt
      Pages 97-114

    8. Echo Contrast for the Detection of Atrial Septal Defects

      • Joseph Kisslo
      Pages 115-125

    9. Negative Contrast Echocardiography for the Diagnosis of Atrial Septal Defects

      • Arthur E. Weyman
      Pages 126-136

    10. Contrast Echocardiography in Patent Foramen Ovale

      • G. Kronik
      Pages 137-152

    11. Echo Contrast Studies in the Early Postoperative Period After Atrial Septal Defect Closure

      • Lilliam M. Valdes-Cruz, Daniel R. Pieroni, Michael Jones, J.-Michel A. Roland, Jon P. Shematek
      Pages 153-162

    12. Two-Dimensional Contrast Echocardiography in the Study of Ventricular Septal Defects

      • G. J. van Mill, A. J. Moulaert, E. Harinck
      Pages 163-178

    13. Contrast Echocardiography for Evaluation of Right Ventricular Hemodynamics in the Presence of Ventricular Septal Defects

      • Gerald A. Serwer, Brenda E. Armstrong
      Pages 179-191
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About this book

Why a book on contrast echocardiography? Over the past dozen years enough experience has accumulated to warrant a more extensive treatment of this method. Furthermore, there are new developments that suggest increased clinical utility for contrast echocardiography in the future. This book aims to summarize the "state of the art" for those interested in echocardiography - presumably mainly cardiologists, but here and there those of a more technical bent will find useful information as well. We feel that a more basic understanding of microbubble dynamics is necessary to advance research for such applications as transmission through the lungs, videodensitometric quantitation of cardiac output, intracardiac shunts, etc. All of these topics are extensively dealt with. The reader will note that many of the clinical chapters are written by pediatric cardiologists. This is only natural, since shunt detection and analysis of flow relationships are relatively more important in congenital heart diseases, and cur­ rently represent the most important uses for contrast echo cardiography in day-to­ day practice.

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`These two books address the current status of specialized clinical approaches and research echocardiography. Both volumes contain publications by clinicians as well as scientists and emphasize to the reader the importance of a stron clinician-scientist interaction in the performance of ultrasonic research. ... The publication of these books indicates the intensity of interest in expanding the horizons of echocardiography to provide quantitative data on cardiac function as well as structure.'
The New England Journal of Medicine, 310:4 (1984)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Richard S. Meltzer, Jos Roelandt

  • Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

    Richard S. Meltzer

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