Use of contrast harmonic ultrasound for the diagnosis of congenital portosystemic shunts in three dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Salwei, Rochelle M ^a   O'Brien, Robert T ^a   Matheson, Jodi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Harmonic sonography; Liver; Shunt; Ultrasound contrast

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0038486707     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2003.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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