Role of contrast enhanced ultrasound in detection of abdominal aortic abnormalities in comparison with multislice computed tomography

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 858-864

  Clevert, Dirk André ^a   Schick, Kerstin ^a   Chen, Min Hua ^b   Zhu, Qing Li ^c   Reiser, Maximilian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Abdominal aortic lesions; Aortic dissection; Aorto caval fistula; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; SONOVUE; SONUVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOCAVAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MICROBUBBLE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68249145916     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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