Novel applications of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging in vascular medicine

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-31

  Staub, Daniel ^a   Partovi, Sasan ^b   Imfeld, Stephan ^a   Uthoff, Heiko ^a,c   Baldi, Thomas ^a   Aschwanden, Markus ^a   Jaeger, Kurt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Microcirculation; Perfusion; Vascular medicine

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VUEJECT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BOLUS INJECTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOLEAK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY INFARCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PERIARTERITIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR DISEASE; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERFUSION IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877049014     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000244     Document Type: Review

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