Contrast-enhanced ultrasound improves hepatic vessel visualization after orthotopic liver transplantation

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 597-600

  Herold, C ^a   Reck, T ^a   Ott, R ^a   Schneider, H T ^a   Becker, D ^a   Schuppan, D ^a   Hahn, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorcoded Doppler sonography; Levovist; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Ultrasound contrast medium

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0035195245     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0064-1     Document Type: Article

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