Clinical practice of contrast echocardiography: recommendation by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) 2017

Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Analysis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis

(2017) Jiancheng Xiu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

The clinical impact of contemporary stress echocardiography in morbid obesity for the assessment of coronary artery disease

(2016) Benoy N Shah et al.   HEART

Diagnostic Ultrasound Impulses Improve Microvascular Flow in Patients With STEMI Receiving Intravenous Microbubbles

(2016) Wilson Mathias et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Echocardiographic Ischemic Memory Imaging Through Complement-Mediated Vascular Adhesion of Phosphatidylserine-Containing Microbubbles

(2016) Brian Mott et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Relative clinical and economic impact of exercise echocardiography vs. exercise electrocardiography, as first line investigation in patients without known coronary artery disease and new stable angina: a randomized prospective study

(2016) Konstantinos Zacharias et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

The potential clinical value of contrast-enhanced echocardiography beyond current recommendations

(2015) Malin K. Larsson et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Coronary flow velocity reserve by echocardiography: feasibility, reproducibility and agreement with PET in overweight and obese patients with stable and revascularized coronary artery disease

(2015) Rasmus Huan Olsen et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Mass Confusion

(2015) Joban S. Sehmi et al.   CIRCULATION

The Incremental Prognostic Value of the Incorporation of Myocardial Perfusion Assessment into Clinical Testing with Stress Echocardiography Study

(2015) Benoy N. Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Regadenoson Stress Real-Time Myocardial Perfusion Echocardiography for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease: Feasibility and Accuracy of Two Different Ultrasound Contrast Agents

(2015) Sahar S. Abdelmoneim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

(2015) Roberto M. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Role of multimodality cardiac imaging in the management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Endorsed by the Saudi Heart Association

(2015) Nuno Cardim et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Cardiovascular drug delivery with ultrasound and microbubbles

(2014) Evan Unger et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

The Feasibility and Clinical Utility of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Clinical Practice: Results from the Incorporation of Myocardial Perfusion Assessment into Clinical Testing with Stress Echocardiography Study

(2014) Benoy N. Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Analysis of Left Ventricular Volumes and Function: A Multicenter Comparison of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine Ventriculography, and Unenhanced and Contrast-Enhanced Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

(2014) Rainer Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography: A Focused Update from the American Society of Echocardiography

(2014) Thomas R. Porter et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Diagnostic Value of Three-Dimensional Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiography for Left Ventricular Volume and Ejection Fraction Measurement in Patients With Poor Acoustic Windows: A Comparison of Echocardiography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(2014) Eric Saloux et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Expert Consensus for Multimodality Imaging Evaluation of Adult Patients during and after Cancer Therapy: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

(2014) Juan Carlos Plana et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Quantitative analysis of intraventricular blood flow dynamics by echocardiographic particle image velocimetry in patients with acute myocardial infarction at different stages of left ventricular dysfunction

(2014) L. Agati et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging: an executive summary

(2014) B. A. Popescu et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Effect of Optison on Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance

(2013) Michael L. Main et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Safety of Ultrasound Contrast Agents in Patients With Known or Suspected Cardiac Shunts

(2013) Jeremy M. Parker et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Comparison of Two- and Three-Dimensional Unenhanced and Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiographies Versus Cineventriculography Versus Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Determination of Left Ventricular Function

(2013) Rainer Hoffmann et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Contrast enhanced transesophageal echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation referred to electrical cardioversion improves atrial thrombus detection and may reduce associated thromboembolic events

(2013) Philip H Jung et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Multiple Thrombi in the Ascending Aorta

(2013) Filipa Valente et al.   CIRCULATION

ESC Core Curriculum for the General Cardiologist (2013)

(2013) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease

(2013)   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The hibernating myocardium: current concepts, diagnostic dilemmas, and clinical challenges in the post-STICH era

(2013) Benoy Nalin Shah et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The role of contrast enhanced transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and in the morphological and functional characterization of acute aortic syndromes

(2013) Eustachio Agricola et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Patient Outcome Following 2 Different Stress Imaging Approaches

(2013) Thomas R. Porter et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Comparison of Sulfur Hexafluoride Microbubble (SonoVue)-Enhanced Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography With Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography for Detection of Significant Coronary Artery Disease

(2013) Roxy Senior et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Acute Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Echocardiography With or Without an Ultrasound Contrast Agent

(2013) Michael L. Main et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

A novel application of contrast echocardiography to exclude active coronary perforation bleeding in patients with pericardial effusion

(2012) Rodrigo Bagur et al.   CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

Prognostic Value of High-Dose Dipyridamole Stress Myocardial Contrast Perfusion Echocardiography

(2012) Nicola Gaibazzi et al.   CIRCULATION

Incremental Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Contemporary Stress Echocardiography in a Chest Pain Unit

(2012) Benoy N. Shah et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Quantitative Myocardial Contrast Supine Bicycle Stress Echocardiography for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

(2012) Tomasz Miszalski-Jamka et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

MR-IMPACT II: Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Myocardial Perfusion Assessment in Coronary artery disease Trial: perfusion-cardiac magnetic resonance vs. single-photon emission computed tomography for the detection of coronary artery disease: a comparative multicentre, multivendor trial

(2012) Juerg Schwitter et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Executive Summary

(2012) Stephan D. Fihn et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Core Lab Analysis of Baseline Echocardiographic Studies in the STICH Trial and Recommendation for Use of Echocardiography in Future Clinical Trials

(2012) Jae K. Oh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Quantitative Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation

(2012) Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Comparative Prediction of Cardiac Events by Wall Motion, Wall Motion Plus Coronary Flow Reserve, or Myocardial Perfusion Analysis

(2012) Nicola Gaibazzi et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Safety of echocardiographic contrast in hospitalized patients with pulmonary hypertension: a multi-center study

(2012) O. Wever-Pinzon et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Acute Hypoglycemia Decreases Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and in Healthy Humans

(2011) Omar Rana et al.   CIRCULATION

Rapid Detection of Coronary Artery Stenoses With Real-Time Perfusion Echocardiography During Regadenoson Stress

(2011) Thomas R. Porter et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Qualitative and Quantitative Real Time Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography for Detecting Hibernating Myocardium

(2011) Daniela Ribeiro Aleixo Fernandes et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Contrast Echocardiography Improves Interobserver Agreement for Wall Motion Score Index and Correlation with Ejection Fraction

(2011) Tjebbe W. Galema et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Long-term prognostic value of dipyridamole stress myocardial contrast echocardiography

(2011) P. Wejner-Mik et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Prognostic value of real time dobutamine stress myocardial contrast echocardiography in patients with chest pain syndrome

(2011) Geu-Ru Hong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Contrast Stress-Echocardiography Predicts Cardiac Events in Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome but Nondiagnostic Electrocardiogram and Normal 12-Hour Troponin

(2011) Nicola Gaibazzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

LV Thrombus Detection by Routine Echocardiography

(2011) Jonathan W. Weinsaft et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Incremental value of contrast myocardial perfusion to detect intermediate versus severe coronary artery stenosis during stress-echocardiography

(2010) Nicola Gaibazzi et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Safety of Contrast Agent Use During Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Elevated Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure

(2010) Sahar S. Abdelmoneim et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

(2010) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Resting myocardial blood flow, coronary flow reserve, and contractile reserve in hibernating myocardium: implications for using resting myocardial contrast echocardiography vs. dobutamine echocardiography for the detection of hibernating myocardium

(2010) M. Hickman et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Coronary flow reserve assessed by myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts mortality in patients with heart failure

(2010) B. Anantharam et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Evaluation of myocardial viability after myocardial infarction with intravenous real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography

(2010) Weihui Shentu et al.   Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Medical Sciences

Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by Combined Assessment of Wall Motion, Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Flow Reserve: A Multiparametric Contrast Stress-Echocardiography Study

(2010) Nicola Gaibazzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Adenosine Stress Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

(2010) J. Ranjit Arnold et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Safety of Contrast in Stress Echocardiography in Stable Patients and in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome but Negative 12-Hour Troponin

(2009) Brijesh Anantharam et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Value of contrast echocardiography for left ventricular thrombus detection postinfarction and impact on antithrombotic therapy

(2009) Hans-Marc J. Siebelink et al.   CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Impact of contrast-enhanced echocardiography on the diagnostic algorithm of acute aortic dissection

(2009) A. Evangelista et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Detection of coronary artery disease with perfusion stress echocardiography using a novel ultrasound imaging agent: two Phase 3 international trials in comparison with radionuclide perfusion imaging

(2009) R. Senior et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Improved prediction of outcome by contrast echocardiography determined left ventricular remodelling parameters compared to unenhanced echocardiography in patients following acute myocardial infarction

(2009) G. Dwivedi et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Real-time perfusion echocardiography during treadmill exercise and dobutamine stress testing

(2009) S. Dodla et al.   HEART

Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Evaluation of Ventricular Function and Clinical Management in a Large Prospective Cohort

(2009) Mustafa Kurt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Enhances Long-Term Prognostic Value of Supine Bicycle Stress Two-Dimensional Echocardiography

(2009) Tomasz Miszalski-Jamka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Contrast Stress Echocardiography for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Chest Pain but Without Acute Coronary Syndrome: Incremental Value of Myocardial Perfusion

(2009) Nicola Gaibazzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Prognostic Value of Dipyridamole Stress Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography: Comparison With Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

(2009) Dana Dawson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Contrast-Enhanced Anatomic Imaging as Compared to Contrast-Enhanced Tissue Characterization for Detection of Left Ventricular Thrombus

(2009) Jonathan W. Weinsaft et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Acute Mortality in Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Echocardiography With and Without an Ultrasound Contrast Agent (Multicenter Registry Results in 4,300,966 Consecutive Patients)

(2008) Michael L. Main et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Effects of Left Bundle-Branch Block on Cardiac Structure, Function, Perfusion, and Perfusion Reserve

(2008) S.A. Hayat et al.   CIRCULATION

Effect of contrast application on interpretability and diagnostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with intermediate coronary lesions: comparison with myocardial fractional flow reserve

(2008) P. H. Jung et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Left ventricular volume measurement with echocardiography: a comparison of left ventricular opacification, three-dimensional echocardiography, or both with magnetic resonance imaging

(2008) C. Jenkins et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Incidence, determinants, and prognostic value of reverse left ventricular remodelling after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: results of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Contrast Imaging (AMICI) multicenter study

(2008) S. Funaro et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional dobutamine stress echocardiography: between Scylla and Charybdis?

(2008) B. J. Krenning et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Stress echocardiography expert consensus statement: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC)

(2008) R. Sicari et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Safety of myocardial flash-contrast echocardiography in combination with dobutamine stress testing for the detection of ischaemia in 5250 studies

(2008) C Aggeli et al.   HEART

Quantitative stress echocardiography in coronary artery disease using contrast-based myocardial blood flow measurements: prospective comparison with coronary angiography

(2008) R Vogel et al.   HEART

The Extent of Microvascular Damage During Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Is Superior to Other Known Indexes of Post-Infarct Reperfusion in Predicting Left Ventricular Remodeling

(2008) Leonarda Galiuto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Acute Mortality in Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Echocardiography With and Without an Ultrasound Contrast Agent

(2008) Lisa L. Kusnetzky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Safety and Efficacy of Commercially Available Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Rest and Stress Echocardiography

(2008) Melda S. Dolan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The Safety of Definity and Optison for Ultrasound Image Enhancement: A Retrospective Analysis of 78,383 Administered Contrast Doses

(2008) Kevin Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Real-Time 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes

(2008) Victor Mor-Avi et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

A Randomized Cross-Over Study for Evaluation of the Effect of Image Optimization With Contrast on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease

(2008) Juan Carlos Plana et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Real-time dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography predicts outcome in the elderly

(2007) J. M. Tsutsui et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Head to head comparison of transesophageal and transthoracic contrast-enhanced echocardiography during dobutamine administration for the detection of coronary artery disease

(2007) Bernard Cosyns et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Identification of hibernating myocardium with myocardial contrast echocardiography

(2007) Petr Tousek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY