TY - JOUR
T1 - Interference of breast implants with echocardiographic image acquisition and interpretation
AU - Movahed, Mohammad Reza
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Echocardiography is one of the most important diagnostic testing in cardiology. The presence of a breast implant overlying heart can cause significant impairment of the echocardiographic acoustic window. Breast implants are increasing in popularity in the USA and the Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) just approved silicone implants again. In this review, the impact of silicone breast implant on the echocardiographic image acquisition and interpretation is discussed.
AB - Echocardiography is one of the most important diagnostic testing in cardiology. The presence of a breast implant overlying heart can cause significant impairment of the echocardiographic acoustic window. Breast implants are increasing in popularity in the USA and the Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) just approved silicone implants again. In this review, the impact of silicone breast implant on the echocardiographic image acquisition and interpretation is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1186/1476-7120-5-9
DO - 10.1186/1476-7120-5-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17319960
AN - SCOPUS:33947123597
SN - 1476-7120
VL - 5
JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound
JF - Cardiovascular Ultrasound
M1 - 9
ER -