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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