Utility of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the assessment of the carotid artery wall in patients with Takayasu or giant cell arteritis

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 541-546

  Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Van Den Oord, Stijn C H ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b   Van Laar, Jan A M ^a   Sijbrands, Eric J G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arteritis; contrast enhanced ultrasound; giant cell arteritis; Takayasu

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 84898885309     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet243     Document Type: Article

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