Pulmonary wedge injections yielding left-sided echocardiographic contrast.

Pulmonary wedge injections yielding left-sided echocardiographic contrast.

Ultrasound contrast on the left side of the heart without the need for left heart catheterisation was achieved by hand injections of 8 to 10 ml 5 per cent dextrose solution through a catheter in the pulmonary wedge position. Injections were performed in 18 patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterisation and M-mode or two-dimensional echocardiography was used. An adequate wedge position was ...

Giant Left Ventricular Aneurysm. Contrast Echocardiographic Study

REZUMAT GIANT LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM. CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY Adina Ionac1, Cristian Mornos1, Georgiana S. Ionescu1, Horea Feier2, Marian Gaspar2, Milovan Slovenski2, Irina Popescu1, Dragos Cozma1, Vlad A. Ionescu2, Stefan I. Dragulescu1 Left ventricular (LV) aneurysms have as the main cause of formation, in up to 95% of the cases, the coronary artery disease: the ST myocardial infa...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and a restrictive foramen ovale, with left-sided deviation of the atrial septum mimicking left-sided cor triatriatum: echocardiographic misdiagnosis.

Contrast echocardiographic features of pulmonary hypertension and regurgitation.

Linear contrast echo configuration on the pulmonary valve M-mode echogram was assessed in 28 patients with pulmonary hypertension, in 10 with pulmonary regurgitation, and in 10 normal subjects. Contrast echo parallel lines filling the total systolic phase of the pulmonary valve were recorded in normal subjects. Contrast echo lines stopping in early systole around the pulmonary valve mid-systoli...

Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Left-Sided Cardiac Pathology

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is the end result of a variety of diverse pathologic processes. The chronic elevation in pulmonary artery pressure often leads to right ventricular pressure overload and subsequent right ventricular failure. In patients with left-sided cardiac disease, PH is quite common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This article will review the literature as...