Contrast-enhanced Doppler ultrasound for renal artery stenosis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 206-209

  Dowling, R J ^a,b   House, M K ^a   King, P M ^a   Bourke, J L ^a   Gibson, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Renal artery Doppler ultrasound; Renal artery stenosis; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0033010891     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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