Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2015 Jul 24;32:35–48. doi: 10.1007/s10554-015-0713-z

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© The Author(s) 2015

Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

PMC Copyright notice

Fig. 2 — Assessment of myocardial perfusion using CEUS. Example of an abnormal myocardial perfusion echocardiogram. a Apical three chamber view. After administration of the contrast agent, a high mechanical index flash is given to destroy the contrast agent that is present in the myocardium. Thereafter, the left ventricular myocardium does contain no or only a limited amount of contrast agent. Ao aorta, LV left ventricle, RV right ventricle. b After a short period, the myocardium is filled with blood and contrast agent. There is an apical and lateral perfusion defect visible (arrows), indicating a significant coronary stenosis. Example reproduced from [84]