- Sulphur hexafluoride. Available as a kit including one vial of gas, one vial of powder and one pre-filled syringe containing 5ml of solvent. On reconstitution, 1 ml of the resulting dispersion contains 8 microliters of sulphur hexafluoride in the microbubbles, equivalent to 45 microgrammes
- Approved for use in visualising blood vessels in liver and diagnosing cancer, and used for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancers, and also for use when echocardiography images are unsatisfactory for answering the clinical question due to poor definition.
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