Table 1 Commercially available ultrasound contrast agents in the UK
From: Contrast echocardiography: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
Name | Manufacturer | Shell | Gas |
|---|---|---|---|
SonoVue | Bracco Diagnostics | Phospholipid | Sulphur hexafluoride |
Luminity | Lantheus Medical Imaging | Phospholipid | Perflutren |
Optison | GE Healthcare | Human albumin | Perflutren |