Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 789-797 , August 2001

Radiofrequency spectral analysis of attenuated ultrasound signals in experiments with echo contrast microbubbles

References 

  1. Armstrong WF, West SR, Mueller TM, Dillon JC, Feigenbaum H. Assessment of location and size of myocardial infarction with contrast-enhanced echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1983;2:63–69
  2. Kaul S, Pandian NG, Okada RD, Pohost GM, Weyman AE. Contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial ischemia: I. In vivo determination of total left ventricular “area at risk.”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1984;4:1272–1282
  3. Keller MW, Segal SS, Kaul S, Duling B. The behavior of sonicated albumin microbubbles within the microcirculation: a basis for their use during myocardial contrast echocardiography. Circ Res. 1989;65:458–467
  4. Porter TR, Xie F, Kricsfeld A, Kilzer K. Noninvasive identification of acute myocardial ischemia and reperfusion with contrast ultrasound using intravenous perfluoropropane-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995;26:33–40
  5. Dittrich HC, Bales GL, Kuvelas T, Hunt RM, McFerran BA, Greener Y. Myocardial contrast echocardiography in experimental coronary artery occlusion with a new intravenously administered contrast agent. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1995;8:465–474
  6. Grayburn PA, Erickson JM, Escobar J, Womack L, Velasco CE. Peripheral intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography using a 2% dodecafluoropentane emulsion: identification of myocardial risk area and infarct size in the canine model of ischemia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995;26:1340–1347
  7. Grauer SE, Pantely GA, Xu J, et al.  Myocardial imaging with a new transpulmonary lipid-fluorocarbon echo contrast agent: experimental studies in pigs. Am Heart J. 1996;132:938–945
  8. Mulvagh SL, Foley DA, Aeschbacher BC, Klarich KK, Seward JB. Second harmonic imaging of an intravenously administered echocardiographic contrast agent: visualization of coronary arteries and measurement of coronary blood flow. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;27:1519–1525
  9. Porter TR, Xie F. Transient myocardial contrast after initial exposure to diagnostic ultrasound pressures with minute doses of intravenously injected microbubbles: demonstration and potential mechanisms. Circulation. 1995;92:2391–2395
  10. Porter TR, Xie F, Kricsfeld D, Armbruster RW. Improved myocardial contrast with second harmonic transient ultrasound response imaging in humans using intravenous perfluorocarbon-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996;27:1497–1501
  11. Kaul S, Senior R, Dittrich H, Raval U, Khattar R, Lahiri A. Detection of coronary artery disease with myocardial contrast echocardiography: comparison with 99mTc-sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography. Circulation. 1997;96:785–792
  12. Monaghan MJ, Metcalfe JM, Odunlami S, Waaler A, Jewitt DE. Digital radiofrequency echocardiography in the detection of myocardial contrast following intravenous administration of Albunex. Eur Heart J. 1993;14:1200–1209
  13. Angermann CE, Krüger TM, Junge R, et al.  Intravenous Albunex during transesophageal echocardiography: quantitative assessment by videodensitometry and integrated backscatter analysis from unprocessed radiofrequency signals. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1995;8:839–853
  14. Rosner B. Fundamentals of biostatistics. 3rd ed. Boston (MA): : PWS-Kent; 1990;
  15. Porter TR. Role of intravenous ultrasound contrast in stress echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2000;17:92–99
  16. Meerbaum S. Microbubble fluid dynamics of echocontrast. In: 2nd ed.  Nanda NC,  Schlief R,  Goldberg BB editor. Advances in echo imaging using contrast enhancement. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 1997;p. 11–38
  17. Wei K, Skyba DM, Firschke C, Jayaweera AR, Lindner JR, Kaul S. Interactions between microbubbles and ultrasound: in vitro and in vivo observations. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997;29:1081–1088
  18. von Bibra H, Voigt J-U, Fröman M, Bone D, Wranne B, Juhlin-Dannfeldt A. Interaction of microbubbles with ultrasound. Echocardiography. 1999;16:733–741
  19. Hedrick WR, Hykes DL, Starchman DE. Ultrasound physics and instrumentation. 3rd ed. St Louis (MO): : Mosby-Year Book; 1995;
  20. Shi WT, Forsberg F, Hall AL, et al.  Subharmonic imaging with microbubble contrast agents: initial results. Ultrasonic Imaging. 1999;21:7994

☆ Nothing in this publication implies that Mayo Foundation endorses any products of Mallinckrodt Medical.

PII: S0894-7317(01)17323-2

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 789-797 , August 2001

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution