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Clinical Application of Quantitative Analysis in Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

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Contrast Echocardiography in Clinical Practice

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Abstract

After many years of study and research, the non-invasive assessment of myocardial perfusion by the intravenous injection of echocontrast agents has become a clinical reality [1–6]. The fast technological progress of echocardiographic imaging and the approval of some first- and second-generation contrast agents such as Levovist (Schering), SonoVue (Bracco Imaging), Optison (Amersham Health), Definity (Bristol-Myers Squibb) Imagent (Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp., San Diego, CA), for use in humans in Europe and the USA explains the growing interest in this new methodology.

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Agati, L., Tonti, G., Pedrizzetti, G. (2004). Clinical Application of Quantitative Analysis in Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography. In: Contrast Echocardiography in Clinical Practice. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2125-9_5

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