Pulmonary transit time measurement by contrast-enhanced ultrasound in left ventricular dyssynchrony

Pulmonary transit time measurement by contrast-enhanced ultrasound in left ventricular dyssynchrony

Background: Pulmonary transit time (PTT) is an indirect measure of preload and left ventricular function, which can be estimated using the indicator dilution theory by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). In this study, we first assessed the accuracy of PTT-CEUS by comparing it with dynamic contrast...

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Main Authors: Ingeborg H F Herold, Salvatore Saporito, Massimo Mischi, Hans C van Assen, R Arthur Bouwman, Anouk G W de Lepper, Harrie C M van den Bosch, Hendrikus H M Korsten, Patrick Houthuizen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-06-01
Series:Echo Research and Practice
Subjects:
pulmonary transit time
contrast echocardiography
cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
B-type natriuretic peptide
heart failure
Online Access:http://www.echorespract.com/content/3/2/35.full

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