Microbubble contrast-enhanced ultrasound in liver transplantation

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue ISSUENR. 8, 2004, Pages

  Berry, Jonathan D ^a   Sidhu, Paul S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Microbubble contrast; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MICROBUBBLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR PATENCY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER VEIN; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TIME;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBUBBLES; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 15844413324     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-004-0082-5     Document Type: Article

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