Improved investigation of portal-hepatic veins by echo-enhanced Doppler sonography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1345-1349

  Fischer, Gottfried ^a   Rak, Rafael ^b   Sackmann, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Echo contrast agent; Echo enhancement; Liver disease; Portal hepatic veins

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HEPATIC VEINS; LIVER DISEASE; PORTAL VEINS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0032426653     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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