Optison is an ultrasound contrast agent available in a ready-to-use formulation, providing the benefits of fast preparation time, ease of use, portability, and flexible dosing. 2 The recommended dose ...
June 15, 2011 (Montreal, Quebec City) — Injection of a diagnostic echo-contrast agent in patients undergoing right heart catheterization did not alter baseline pulmonary pressures from baseline levels ...
GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics announced the market reintroduction of Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP), a diagnostic ultrasound contrast agent for use in ...
Expanding the approval to pediatric patients is expected to improve the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiograms. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Optison ™ (perflutren protein-type A ...
PRINCETON, NJ ─ November 18, 2013 ─ GE Healthcare announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the company to manufacture Optison™ ...
The latest approval will help provide clearer echocardiogram images for cardiologists to diagnose heart conditions in pediatric patients Optison is the only polyethylene glycol (PEG)-free ultrasound ...
GE Healthcare announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the company to manufacture Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres ...
Although contrast agents have an essential role in non-invasive imaging techniques, potential side effects limit their use. For example, both low- and iso-osmolar iodinated contrast media used in ...
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. GEHC recently announced FDA approval for Optison, its polyethylene glycol (PEG)-free ultrasound enhancing agent, for use in pediatric patients. This milestone expands ...