title: Identification of cardiac abnormal structures with harmonic power Doppler contrast echocardiography.
abstract: We describe two cases in which echocardiographic image enhancement with an intravenous contrast agent using harmonic power Doppler (HPD) imaging established the diagnosis of abnormal structures in the left ventricle (LV).
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamuro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiratori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morioka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media