Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of carotid artery wall in takayasu disease: First evidence of application in diagnosis and monitoring of response to treatment

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-247

  Giordana, P ^a   Baque Juston M C ^a   Jeandel, P Y ^b   Mondot, L ^a   Hirlemann, J ^a   Padovani, B ^a   Raffaelli, C ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; STEROID;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 79960400011     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.006668     Document Type: Note

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