Accuracy of contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS with a second-generation perflutren lipid microsphere contrast agent (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-63

  Romagnuolo, Joseph ^a   Hoffman, Brenda ^a   Vela, Stacie ^b,c   Hawes, Robert ^a   Vignesh, Shivakumar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PANCREAS TUMOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIPIDS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MICROSPHERES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650549493     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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