Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council on Cardiac Sonography
The cardiac sonographer’s role in performing contrast echocardiography consists of 4 components: 1. A thorough understanding of microbubble physics, instrumentation, and the application of cardiac ultrasonographic scanning techniques for the acquisition of high-quality images during contrast administration. 2. Recognition of the indications for use of a contrast agent for left heart-chamber border delineation, enhancement of Doppler signals, and intracardiac/intrapulmonary shunt detection. 3. Obtainment of intravenous (IV) access or evaluation of an existing IV line for administration of a contrast agent by a sonographer. 4. Performance of the IV injection or the infusion of the contrast agent. NOTE: Focused Update published in 2014 – Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography, see Supplementary Materials below for link.
Published Date
May 1, 2001
Source
JASE
Topic
- Guidelines
Language
- English
Technique
- Agitated Saline
- Contrast
Disease
- Cardio-Oncology
- Cardiomyopathy (CM)
- Heart Failure (HF)
Anatomy
- Left Ventricle or Left Ventricular (LV)
- Left Ventricular Function (LVF)
Audience
- Fellows in Training
- Industry Partners
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Sonographer Students
- Sonographers
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