Investigation of peripheral arterial disease - The expanding role of echo-enhanced color flow Doppler and duplex sonography

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages

  Langholz, Jörg ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color coded duplex sonography; Contrast media; Echo enhancing agent; Peripheral artery disease

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031869862     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(98)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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