CT Diagnosis of Portosystemic Shunts

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-792

  Zwingenberger, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Liver; Shunt; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPONTANEOUS PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER DISEASES; PORTAL SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 67649404803     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.04.008     Document Type: Review

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