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Volume 157, Issue 5 , Pages 882.e1-882.e8 , May 2009

Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography early after acute myocardial infarction: Incremental value of echo-contrast for assessment of left ventricular function

Gaetano Nucifora, MD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy
- Gaetano Nucifora, MD, and Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD, contributed equally to this article and are shared first authors.
Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Gaetano Nucifora, MD, and Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD, contributed equally to this article and are shared first authors.
Eduard R. Holman, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Hans-Marc J. Siebelink, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Jacob M. van Werkhoven, MSc
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Arthur J. Scholte, MD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Ernst E. van der Wall, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- The Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Reprint requests: Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.

Received 22 November 2008 ,Accepted 3 February 2009.

A, Example of fair-quality echocardiogram during nonenhanced RT3DE. B, Optimal LV chamber opacification and improved endocardial border definition during contrast-enhanced RT3DE in the same patient. T

A, Example of fair-quality echocardiogram during nonenhanced RT3DE. B, Optimal LV chamber opacification and improved endocardial border definition during contrast-enhanced RT3DE in the same patient. The 3 apical views are shown with the 4-chamber view as a reference view in the top right and the 2- and 3-chamber views in the bottom left and bottom right, respectively. Top left: short-axis view.
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Image quality during nonenhanced and contrast-enhanced RT3DE. P < .001 for comparison between the 2 imaging techniques.

Image quality during nonenhanced and contrast-enhanced RT3DE. P < .001 for comparison between the 2 imaging techniques.
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