Active abdominal bleeding: Contrast-enhanced sonography

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Catalano, O ^a   Cusati, B ^b   Nunziata, A ^c   Siani, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Maria delle Grazie   (Italy)

^c PSI Napoli Est ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma, sonography; Hemorrhage, contrast extravasation; Nontraumatic abdominal emergencies, sonography; Sonography, contrast media

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COST; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPLEEN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 30544442037     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0369-6     Document Type: Review

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