The 57-year-old patient had a severe CT contrast allergy. CEUS performed with Definity microbubble ultrasound contrast (Lantheus Medical Imaging, Billerica, Mass) was well tolerated and showed no residual filling of the aneurysm.doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2011.06.077Gavin Low...
2 Subharmonic-aided pressure estimation (SHAPE) is a technique that combines the use of ultrasound and ultrasound contrast agents (UCA), and it has shown promise for noninvasive pressure estimation in vitro, preclinically, and in patients.3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Briefly, UCAs are gas-...