Apical 4-chamber view of an echocardiogram showing contrast-enhanced images in left ventricular dysfunction
Apical 4-chamber view of an echocardiogram showing contrast-enhanced images in left ventricular dysfunction
Successive frames obtained from an apical 4-chamber view of a two dimensional contrast enchanced echocardiogram demonstrates a swirling left ventricular intracavitary contrast flow (pattern B) in a patient with LV dyssynergy and reduced global function.
Reproduced from Thanigaraj S, Chugh R, Schectman KB, et al. Am J Cardiol 2000; 85:65, with permission from Excerpta Medica, Inc.