The clinical role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the evaluation of renal artery stenosis and diagnostic superiority as compared to traditional echo-color-Doppler flow imaging

International Angiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Ciccone, M Matteo ^a   Cortese, F ^a   Fiorella, A ^a   Scicchitano, P ^a   Cito, F ^b   Quistelli, G ^a   Pertosa, G ^a   D'Agostino, R ^a   Guida, P ^a   Favale, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Renal artery obstruction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 79955780902     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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