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Abstract:
In their editorial, Buck and Erbel1 raise the important questionin which settings application of contrast agents to an echocardiographicexamination is appropriate. There is no doubt that the beautyof echocardiography relates to its ease of use. We should acknowledgethat highest accuracy in the determination of left ventricularfunction is