Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Muscle Perfusion May Indicate Patient Response to Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.
Lauren J JablonowskiKathleen FitzgeraldMaria StanczakPriscilla MachadoJohn W C EntwistleFlemming ForsbergGordon R ReevesPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2021)
Our findings suggest that CEUS evaluation is a promising noninvasive, quantitative modality for real-time assessment of peripheral vasculature and muscle perfusion as an indication of treatment response in LVAD recipients and that this modality may capture perfusion measures important to QoL following LVAD implantation.