title: Delineation of intracardiac shunts using contrast echocardiography.
abstract: Contrast echocardiography is useful to visualize the endocardial borders of the left ventricle and improve the signal intensity of spectral Doppler signals. It can also help to define intracardiac flow dynamics in complex situations. We report 2 cases where contrast echocardiography improved the delineation of complex shunts and also provided new information not available by conventional echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loyd
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gorodin
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Capozzoli
authors.forename: Tamanna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Entwistle
authors.forename: Mani A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vannan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male