Improvement of sonographic needle visibility in cirrhotic livers during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt procedures with use of real-time compound imaging

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-106

  Cohnen, Mathias ^a   Saleh, Andreas ^a   Lüthen, Reinhard ^a   Bode, Johannes ^a   Mödder, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Shunts, portosystemic; US guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

EID: 0037252939     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000052298.26939.e1     Document Type: Article

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