Conventional echocardiography can sometimes pose a challenge to diagnosis due to sub-optimal images.Ultrasound contrast agents(UCAs)have been shown to drastically enhance imaging quality,particularly depicting the lef...
National Basic Research Program(2011CB707900);National Natural Science Foundation of China(11074123,10974095,10904068,10204014);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(111602040,1095020409);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(BK2011812);Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
In a pilot study of 27 patients, those who presented with chest pain underwent 2 dobutamine stress echocardiographic studies, 1 with high mechanical index harmonic imaging to analyze wall motion without contrast and 1...