Identification of cardiac masses and abnormal blood flow patterns with harmonic power Doppler contrast echocardiography

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1999 Oct;12(10):871-5. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(99)70195-1.

Abstract

Power Doppler is an ultrasound technique that color-encodes the change in amplitude of the ultrasound signal, which reflects changes in the position of scatterers between ultrasound pulses. Power Doppler can be used with echocardiographic contrast agents in a harmonic imaging mode to opacify a cardiac chamber. The opacification of a cardiac chamber can aid in visualizing the silhouette of intracardiac masses and displaying blood flow patterns. Four cases are presented that demonstrate the use of harmonic power Doppler to aid in the identification of a left ventricular apical thrombus, a left atrial thrombus, and a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Albumins
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery
  • Contrast Media
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
  • Female
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / surgery

Substances

  • Albumins
  • Contrast Media
  • FS 069
  • Fluorocarbons