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Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Assessment of Ventricular Function and Clinical Diagnosis in Routine Clinical Echocardiography: Korean Multicenter Study
- Source :
- Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Echocardiography, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background Fundamental echocardiography has some drawbacks in patients with difficult-to-image echocardiograms. The aim of this study is to evaluate impact of contrast echocardiography (CE) on ventricular function assessment and clinical diagnosis in routine clinical echocardiography. Methods Two hundred sixty patients were prospectively enrolled over 3 years in 12 medical centers in Korea. General image quality, the number of distinguishable segments, ability to assess regional wall motion, left ventricular (LV) apex and right ventricle (RV) visualization, LV ejection fraction, changes in diagnostic or treatment plan were documented after echocardiography with and without ultrasound contrast agent. Results Poor or uninterpretable general image was 31% before contrast use, and decreased to 2% (p
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Koreans
media_common.quotation_subject
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Contrast echocardiography
Medicine
Contrast (vision)
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030212 general & internal medicine
media_common
Ejection fraction
Ventricular function
business.industry
Ultrasound
Multicenter study
medicine.anatomical_structure
Ventricle
Clinical diagnosis
Cardiology
Original Article
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20059655 and 19754612
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....80f4e674bc78bae20fc0fef5483af5c3