Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound for assessment of skeletal muscle microcirculation in peripheral arterial disease

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 504-508

  Amarteifio, Erick ^a,b   Weber, Marc André ^a,b   Wormsbecher, Stephanie ^a,b   Demirel, Serdar ^a   Krakowski Roosen, Holger ^c   Jöres, Andreas ^a   Braun, Simone ^b   Delorme, Stefan ^b   Böckler, Dittmar ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Krix, Martin ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Departments of Translational Oncology   (Germany)

^d Bracco Imaging Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound; perfusion reserve; peripheral arterial disease; skeletal muscle perfusion; transient arterial occlusion

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG MUSCLE; MICROBUBBLE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79959799165     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182183a77     Document Type: Article

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