Evaluation of the microcirculatory disturbance of biliary ischemia after liver transplantation with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: Preliminary experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1703-1708

  Ren, Jie ^a   Lu, Ming De ^a   Zheng, Rong Qin ^a   Lu, Min Qiang ^a   Liao, Mei ^a   Mao, Yong Jiang ^a   Zheng, Zhi Juan ^a   Lu, Yan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 71249119557     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21910     Document Type: Article

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