Ability of a phase shift US contrast agent to improve imaging of the main renal arteries

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Melany, Michelle L ^a,b   Grant, Edward G ^a,b   Duerinckx, André J ^a,b   Watts, Tina M ^b   Levine, Barton S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension, renovascular; Renal arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Ultrasound (US), contrast media; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROPENTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0030850327     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.1.9314976     Document Type: Article

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