Perflutren

Chemical formula: Cā‚ƒFā‚ˆ  Molecular mass: 188.019 g/mol  PubChem compound: 6432

Therapeutic indications

Perflutren is indicated for:

Contrast echocardiography

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Perflutren is a transpulmonary echocardiographic contrast agent for use in patients with suspected or established cardiovascular disease to provide opacification of cardiac chambers, enhance left ventricular endocardial border delineation with resulting improvement in wall motion visualisation. Perflutren should only be used in patients where the study without contrast enhancement is inconclusive.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Perflutren is contraindicated in the following cases:

Pulmonary hypertension (systolic pulmonary artery pressure >90 mmHg)

Severe pulmonary hypertension

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