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Ultrasound-Enhancing Agents for Stress Echocardiography In the updated 2018 guidelines for ultrasound-enhancing agents (UEAs), it was recommended that UEAs be used whenever a coronary artery territory cannot be completely visualized on unenhanced echocardiography. This becomes especially relevant during stress echocardiography…

Currently Available Second-Generation Ultrasound Contrast Agents The 2018 American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines recommended changing the terminology of ultrasound contrast agents to ultrasound-enhancing agents (UEAs) for the purpose of distinguishing UEAs from traditional iodinated or magnetic resonance agents. The currently…