Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion with Contrast Enhanced Echocardiography

Intraoperative detection of myocardial ischemia in high-risk patients: electrocardiography versus two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.

1985 • 471 citations

Two-dimensional contrast echocardiography. I. In vitro development and quantitative analysis of echo contrast agents

1984 • 297 citations

Determination of right atrial and right ventricular size by two-dimensional echocardiography.

1979 • 287 citations

Assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormalities with contrast-enhanced two-dimensional echocardiography.

1982 • 236 citations

Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia: I. In vivo determination of total left ventricular “area at risk”

1984 • 201 citations

Myocardial contrast echocardiography: a reproducible technique of myocardial opacification for identifying regional perfusion deficits.

1983 • 199 citations

The source of ultrasound contrast effect

1980 • 195 citations

Microbubble dynamics visualized in the intact capillary circulation

1984 • 193 citations

Identification of Ultrasound Echoes from the Left Ventricle by Use of Intracardiac Injections of Indocyanine Green

1970 • 175 citations

Why do the lungs clear ultrasonic contrast?

1980 • 154 citations

Arrhythmias after the mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries: A long-term study

1986 • 141 citations

Use of an ultrasonic contrast method in the diagnosis of valvular regurgitation and intracardiac shunts

1974 • 130 citations

Peripheral venous contrast echocardiography

1977 • 126 citations

Hydrogen peroxide contrast echocardiography: quantification in vivo of myocardial risk area during coronary occlusion and of the necrotic area remaining after myocardial reperfusion.

1984 • 115 citations

Hydrogen peroxide contrast--enhanced two-dimensional echocardiography: real-time in vivo delineation of regional myocardial perfusion.

1983 • 109 citations

Myocardial contrast two-dimensional echocardiography: Experimental examination at different coronary flow levels

1984 • 104 citations

Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia. III. An in vivo comparison of the extent of abnormal wall motion with the area at risk for necrosis

1986 • 91 citations

Intraoperative cardioplegic contrast echocardiography for assessing myocardial perfusion during open heart surgery

1984 • 88 citations

Superior intensity and reproducibility of SHU-454, a new right heart contrast agent

1984 • 86 citations

Verification of myocardial contrast two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of perfusion defects in ischemic myocardium

1984 • 86 citations

Correlation of myocardial echo contrast disappearance rate (“Washout”) and severity of experimental coronary stenosis

1984 • 83 citations

Contrast echocardiographic estimation of regional myocardial blood flow after acute coronary occlusion.

1985 • 81 citations

Functional and pathologic effects of multiple echocardiographic contrast injections on the myocardium, brain and kidney

1985 • 76 citations

Assessment of location and size of myocardial infarction with contrast-enhanced echocardiography

1983 • 76 citations

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Humans by Contrast Echocardiography Using Polygelin Colloid Solution

1985 • 75 citations

Gelatin Encapsulated Nitrogen Microbubbles as Ultrasonic Contrast Agents

1980 • 71 citations

Pulmonary wedge injections yielding left-sided echocardiographic contrast.

1980 • 70 citations

Quantitative two-dimensional echocardiographic analysis of regional wall motion in patients with perioperative myocardial infarction.

1984 • 68 citations

Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia. II. The effect of site of injection of contrast agent on the estimation of area at risk for necrosis after coronary occlusion

1985 • 61 citations

Physical factors influencing quantitation of two-dimensional contrast echo amplitudes

1984 • 59 citations

Two-dimensional contrast echocardiography. II. Transpulmonary studies

1984 • 59 citations

Microbubbles have intracardiac velocities similar to those of red blood cells

1984 • 53 citations

Myocardial contrast two-dimensional echocardiography: comparison of contrast disappearance rates in normal and underperfused myocardium.

1984 • 50 citations

Hyperemic response of intracoronary contrast agents during two-dimensional echographic delineation of regional myocardium

1984 • 49 citations

Assessment of location and size of myocardial infarction with contrast-enhanced echocardiography. II. Application of digital imaging techniques

1984 • 44 citations

Quantitative regional myocardial perfusion scanning with contract echocardiography

1981 • 36 citations

Artifactual regional gray level variability in contrast-enhanced two-dimensional echocardiographic images: Effect on measurement of the coronary perfusion bed

1985 • 27 citations

Generating precision microbubbles for use as an echocardiographic contrast agent

1985 • 26 citations

Retrograde coronary venous contrast echocardiography: Assessment of shunting and delineation of regional myocardium in the normal and ischemic canine heart

1984 • 21 citations

Quantitative Radiofrequency Analysis of Sonicated Echo Contrast Agents

1987 • 11 citations

Left-sided heart contrast echocardiography by pulmonary wedge injection of hydrogen peroxide.

1985 • 5 citations