[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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." ...