Optison
perflutren
Table of contents
Overview
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Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Optison
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000166
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Active substance |
perflutren
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
perflutren
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Echocardiography
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
V08DA01
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
GE Healthcare AS
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Revision |
19
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
17/05/1998
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Contact address |
Nycoveien 1 |
Product information
19/05/2022 Optison - EMEA/H/C/000166 - N/0074
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Contrast media
Therapeutic indication
This medicinal product is for diagnostic use only.
Optison is a transpulmonary echocardiographic contrast agent for use in patients with suspected or established cardiovascular disease to provide opacification of cardiac chambers, enhance left-ventricular-endocardial-border delineation with resulting improvement in wall-motion visualisation.
Optison should only be used in patients where the study without contrast enhancement is inconclusive.