Real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound - A new simple tool for detection of peritoneal-pleural communications in hepatic hydrothorax

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 538-542

  Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe ^a,b   Piscaglia, F ^c   Pompili, M ^d   Corbelli, C ^b   Marano, G ^b   Righini, R ^c   Alvisi, V ^e   Gasbarrini, G ^d   Bolondi, L ^c   Bernardi, M ^f   Stefanini, G F ^b  

^a Ospedale per gli Infermi di Faenza   (Italy)

^b Faenza Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Pleura; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 54849406813     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027328     Document Type: Article

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