Advances in Echo Imaging Using Contrast Enhancement [Paperback]

Foreword. Part One: History, Basics and Safety of Contrast Agents. 1. Contrast Echocardiography - A Historical Perspective; P.M. Shah. 2. Principles of Contrast Echo; S. Meerbaum. 3. Conventional Echo Contrast Agents. Hand Preparation, Sonication, Properties; G.P. Bezante, D. Harpaz, S. Reisner, R.S. Meltzer. 4. Albumin Spheres as Contrast Agents; J.G. Wiencek, S.B. Feinstein. 5. Saccharide Based Contrast Agents; R. Schlief, R. Sch?rmann, T. Balzer, M. Zomack, H.-P. Niendorf. 6. Echo Contrast Enhancers - How Safe are They? N.C. Nanda. 7. Gas Bubble Dynamics in Acoustic Fields and their Biological Consequences; A.R. Williams, G. Kubowicz, R. Schlief. Part Two: Clinical Uses of Contrast Agents. 8. Clinical Use of Contrast Agents - Practical Considerations; J.R. Shapiro, S.A. Reisner, R.S. Meltzer. 9. Structure Identification by Transthoracic Contrast Echocardiography; J. Patel, J. Cox, A. Movahed, W. Reeves, N.C. Nanda. 10. Identification of Right Sided Structures by Contrast Transesophageal Echocardiography; B. Khandheria. 11. Left Ventricular Contrast Echocardiography - Echoventriculography; R. Erbel, R. Zotz, S. Mohr-Kahaly, N. Wittlich, F. Sch?n, R. Brennecke, J. Meyer. 12. Diagnosis of Patent Foramen Ovale by Contrast Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography; D. Hausmann, A. M?gge, W.G. Daniel. 13. Spontaneous Echographic Contrast - Etiology and Clinical Implications; R.L. Shammas, W.C. Reeves, N.C. Nanda. 14. Contrast Enhanced Doppler in the Noninvasive Measurement of Pulmonary Artery Pressure;N.B. Schiller. 15. Contrast Enhanced Doppler in the Assessment of Aortic Stenosis; S. Nakatani, K.Miyatake. 16. Contrast Enhanced Color Doppler - Basics and Potential Clinical Value; H. Becher, H. von Bibra, M. Walther, K. Glänzer, H. Vetter. 17. Contrast Enhanced Color Doppler in the Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation; H. von Bibra, C. Firschke, H. Becher, H.-P. Emslander, A. Schömig. 18. Transesophageal Echo Dl³’