GAS-CONTAINING MICROPARTICLES, MICROPARTICLES- CONTAINING MEANS, THEIR UTILIZATION IN ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTICS, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THESE PARTICLES AND MEANS Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: diagnostic methods in medicine. SUBSTANCE: agent for ultrasonic diagnostics contains microparticles consisting of mixture of at least one saturated C₁₂-C₁₆-fatty acid with galactose and a component gaseous at body temperature: perfluoropropane, perfluobutane, hexafluoroethane, or their mixture. Ultrasonic contrast means contains above-indicated agent suspended in a physiologically acceptable liquid suspension medium with, if necessary, conventional additives utilized in pharmaceutical technology. Ultrasonic contrast means preparation kit and a method for preparing above ultrasonic diagnostics agent are also available. EFFECT: enabled durable contrast effect in blood visualizing blood flow conditions in left and right heart sides. 7 cl, 2 tbl, 19 ex