Celiac artery compression syndrome in children, adolescents, and young adults: Clinical and color duplex sonographic features in a series of 59 cases

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Scholbach, Thomas ^a  

^a Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Celiac artery compression syndrome; Children; Color Doppler sonography; Prevalence; Symptoms; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENTS; CHILDREN; SYMPTOMS; YOUNG ADULTS;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33644516342     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.3.299     Document Type: Article

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