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1: Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2007 Feb 23;5:9.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Interference of breast implants with echocardiographic image acquisition and interpretation.

Movahed MR.

University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Tucson, Arizona, USA. rmovahed@email.arizona.edu

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.

PMID: 17319960 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1820591