[1] While contrast agents have not been a critical part of image acquisition in echocardiography, image quality may be suboptimal, particularly in obese patients, in critically ill, ventilated ...

The following is a summary of "Low-dose dobutamine stress myocardial contrast echocardiography for evaluating myocardial ...

The diagnosis of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is made on agitated saline contrast echocardiography — also known as contrast echocardiography or a "bubble study." In this examination ...

In bubble contrast echocardiography, a sample of liquid (normally saline) is vigorously shaken to produce microbubbles, and then injected into an arm vein while the cardiac chambers are visualized ...

"Echo is biologically very safe. It uses no contrast medium, no radiation-- so it can be repeated often. And echo can evaluate the function of the heart muscle and valves better than any modality." ...