TY - JOUR
T1 - Myocardial contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction
AU - Kaul, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by an Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association, National Center, Dallas, Texas.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - MCE can be used to assess size of risk area, extent of myocardium receiving blood flow after attempted reperfusion, and extent of residual collateral-derived blood flow within the infarct zone in patients with AMI. At present, this can only be achieved by intracoronary injection of contrast during cardiac catheterization. Recent data indicate that the myocardium can be opacified in the dog from right heart injection of contrast and that hypoperfused zones can be detected using such an approach. If this bears out in humans, it may be possible to use MCE more extensively, and perhaps routinely, in patients with AMI.
AB - MCE can be used to assess size of risk area, extent of myocardium receiving blood flow after attempted reperfusion, and extent of residual collateral-derived blood flow within the infarct zone in patients with AMI. At present, this can only be achieved by intracoronary injection of contrast during cardiac catheterization. Recent data indicate that the myocardium can be opacified in the dog from right heart injection of contrast and that hypoperfused zones can be detected using such an approach. If this bears out in humans, it may be possible to use MCE more extensively, and perhaps routinely, in patients with AMI.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10147621
AN - SCOPUS:0026772864
VL - 6
SP - 141
EP - 149
JO - American Journal of Cardiac Imaging
JF - American Journal of Cardiac Imaging
SN - 0887-7971
IS - 2
ER -