The contrast-enhanced Doppler ultrasound with perfluorocarbon exposed sonicated albumin does not improve the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis compared with angiography

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Teixeira, Odila U N ^a   Bortolotto, Luiz A ^a   Silva, Hélio Bernardes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUOROCARBON EXPOSED SONICATED ALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJECTION; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONICATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 5644292237     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-3-3     Document Type: Article

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