Contrast-enhanced doppler ultrasound of renal artery stenosis: Prologue to a promising future

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 7 II, 1999, Pages 767-773

  Lencioni, Riccardo ^a   Pinto, Stefania ^a   Cioni, Dania ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Renal artery stenosis; SonoVue(TM) (BR1); Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032853674     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00148.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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