Ultrasonographic evaluation of disturbances in the perfusion of renal graft parenchyma as a result of acute occlusion of supernumerary arteries-a new application for contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Grzelak, Piotr ^a   Kurnatowska, Ilona ^a   Sapieha, Michał ^a   Durczyński, Adam ^a   Strzelczyk, Janusz ^a   Nowicki, Michał ^a   Stefańczyk, Ludomir ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Ischemic foci; Kidney graft perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RENAL ARTERY; SUPERNUMERARY RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 80054861012     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/aot.881991     Document Type: Article

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