Top

Published in:

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Review

Bedside myocardial perfusion assessment with contrast echocardiography

Authors: Sam Orde, Anthony McLean

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2016

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.

Kurt M, Shaikh KA, Peterson L, et al. Impact of contrast echocardiography on evaluation of ventricular function and clinical management in a large prospective cohort. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53:802–10.CrossRefPubMed

Gramiak R, Shah PM, Kramer DH. Ultrasound cardiography: contrast studies in anatomy and function. Radiology. 1969;92:939–48.CrossRefPubMed

Keller MW, Feinstein SB, Watson DD. Successful left ventricular opacification following peripheral venous injection of sonicated contrast agent: an experimental evaluation. Am Heart J. 1987;114:570–5.CrossRefPubMed

Feinstein SB, Cheirif J, Ten Cate FJ, et al. Safety and efficacy of a new transpulmonary ultrasound contrast agent: initial multicenter clinical results. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1990;16:316–24.CrossRefPubMed

Lindner JR, Dent JM, Moos SP, et al. Enhancement of left ventricular cavity opacification by harmonic imaging after venous injection of Albunex. Am J Cardiol. 1997;79:1657–62.CrossRefPubMed

Postema M, van Wamel A, Ten Cate FJ, de Jong N. High-speed photography during ultrasound illustrates potential therapeutic applications of microbubbles. Med Phys. 2005;32:3707–11.CrossRefPubMed

Keller MW, Segal SS, Kaul S, Duling B. The behavior of sonicated albumin microbubbles within the microcirculation: a basis for their use during myocardial contrast echocardiography. Circ Res. 1989;65:458–67.CrossRefPubMed

Platts DG, Fraser JF. Contrast echocardiography in critical care: echoes of the future? A review of the role of microsphere contrast echocardiography. Crit Care Resusc. 2011;13:44–55.PubMed

Seol S-H, Lindner JR. A primer on the methods and applications for contrast echocardiography in clinical imaging. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2014;22:101–10.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

10.

Pathan F, Marwick TH. Myocardial perfusion imaging using contrast echocardiography. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2015;57:632–43.CrossRefPubMed

11.

Seol S-H, Davidson BP, Belcik JT, et al. Real-time contrast ultrasound muscle perfusion imaging with intermediate-power imaging coupled with acoustically durable microbubbles. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015;28:718–726.e2.CrossRefPubMed

12.

Jayaweera AR, Edwards N, Glasheen WP, et al. In vivo myocardial kinetics of air-filled albumin microbubbles during myocardial contrast echocardiography. Comparison with radiolabeled red blood cells. Circ Res. 1994;74:1157–65.CrossRefPubMed

13.

Wei K, Jayaweera AR, Firoozan S, et al. Quantification of myocardial blood flow with ultrasound-induced destruction of microbubbles administered as a constant venous infusion. Circulation. 1998;97:473–83.CrossRefPubMed

14.

Vogel R, Indermühle A, Reinhardt J, et al. The quantification of absolute myocardial perfusion in humans by contrast echocardiography: algorithm and validation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;45:754–62.CrossRefPubMed

15.

Main ML, Hibberd MG, Ryan A, et al. Acute mortality in critically ill patients undergoing echocardiography with or without an ultrasound contrast agent. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014;7:40–8.CrossRefPubMed

16.

Abdelmoneim SS, Bernier M, Scott CG, et al. Safety of contrast agent use during stress echocardiography in patients with elevated right ventricular systolic pressure: a cohort study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010;3:240–8.CrossRefPubMed

17.

Wei K, Mulvagh SL, Carson L, et al. The safety of deFinity and Optison for ultrasound image enhancement: a retrospective analysis of 78,383 administered contrast doses. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008;21:1202–6.CrossRefPubMed

18.

Putrino A, Platts DG. Contrast echocardiography in acutely unwell patients. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015;28:844.CrossRefPubMed

19.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Patients and Providers. Information for Healthcare Professionals: Micro-bubble Contrast Agents (marketed as Definity (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension and Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres for Injection). 2008. Update FDA alert. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm125574.htm. Accessed Oct 2015.

20.

Mulvagh SL, Rakowski H, Vannan MA, et al. American society of echocardiography consensus statement on the clinical applications of ultrasonic contrast agents in echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008;21:1179–201.CrossRefPubMed

21.

Parker JM, Weller MW, Feinstein LM, et al. Safety of ultrasound contrast agents in patients with known or suspected cardiac shunts. Am J Cardiol. 2013;112:1039–45.CrossRefPubMed

22.

Lim W, Whitlock R, Khera V, et al. Etiology of troponin elevation in critically ill patients. J Crit Care. 2010;25:322–8.CrossRefPubMed

23.

Orde SR, Pulido JN, Masaki M, et al. Outcome prediction in sepsis: speckle tracking echocardiography based assessment of myocardial function. Crit Care. 2014;18:R149.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

24.

Orde SR, Huang SJ, McLean AS. 2015 ASE 26th Annual Scientific Sessions. Raised Troponin in the ICU: can real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography improve recognition of acute ischaemia in the critically ill? JASE. 2015;28:B2–B134. abst.

25.

Senior R, Becher H, Monaghan M, et al. Contrast echocardiography: evidence-based recommendations by European Association of Echocardiography. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009;10:194–212.CrossRefPubMed

26.

Dijkmans PA, Senior R, Becher H, et al. Myocardial contrast echocardiography evolving as a clinically feasible technique for accurate, rapid, and safe assessment of myocardial perfusion: the evidence so far. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;48:2168–77.CrossRefPubMed

27.

Senior R, Janardhanan R, Jeetley P, Burden L. Myocardial contrast echocardiography for distinguishing ischemic from nonischemic first-onset acute heart failure: insights into the mechanism of acute heart failure. Circulation. 2005;112:1587–93.CrossRefPubMed

28.

Abdelmoneim SS, Mankad SV, Bernier M, et al. Microvascular function in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with contrast echocardiography: prospective evaluation and review of literature. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22:1249–55.CrossRefPubMed

29.

Ait-Oufella H, Bourcier S, Lehoux S, Guidet B. Microcirculatory disorders during septic shock. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2015;21:271–5.CrossRefPubMed

30.

Linka AZ, Sklenar J, Wei K, et al. Assessment of transmural distribution of myocardial perfusion with contrast echocardiography. Circulation. 1998;98:1912–20.CrossRefPubMed

31.

Schneider AG, Goodwin MD, Schelleman A, et al. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound to evaluate changes in renal cortical perfusion around cardiac surgery: a pilot study. Crit Care. 2013;17:R138.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

32.

Schneider AG, Goodwin MD, Schelleman A, et al. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography to evaluate changes in renal cortical microcirculation induced by noradrenaline: a pilot study. Crit Care. 2014;18:653.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

33.

Bhattacharyya S, Senior R. The current state of myocardial contrast echocardiography: what can we read between the lines? Reply. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014;15:351–2.CrossRefPubMed

Title: Bedside myocardial perfusion assessment with contrast echocardiography
Authors: Sam Orde
Anthony McLean
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1215-7

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Bedside myocardial perfusion assessment with contrast echocardiography

Abstract

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 1/2016

Long-term outcome in ICU patients with acute kidney injury treated with renal replacement therapy: a prospective cohort study

Measuring energy expenditure in the intensive care unit: a comparison of indirect calorimetry by E-sCOVX and Quark RMR with Deltatrac II in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

Early and persistent high level of PS 100β is associated with increased poor neurological outcome in patients with SAH: is there a PS 100β threshold for SAH prognosis?

Mechanical circulatory support in the new era: an overview

Effects of dexmedetomidine and propofol on patient-ventilator interaction in difficult-to-wean, mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective, open-label, randomised, multicentre study

Dramatic reduction of mortality in pneumococcal meningitis