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ArticleUltrasonography (Seoul, Korea)2020

General principles and overview of vascular contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.

Vasileios Rafailidis, Dean Y Huang, Gibran Timothy Yusuf, Paul S Sidhu

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Article in Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Vasileios RafailidisDepartment of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Dean Y HuangDepartment of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Gibran Timothy YusufDepartment of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Paul S SidhuDepartment of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasonography (US) is the first-line modality for the evaluation of vascular pathology. Although well-established for many diseases, US has inherent limitations that can occasionally hinder an accurate diagnosis. The value of US was improved by the introduction of microbubbles as ultrasonographic contrast agents (UCAs) and the emergence of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), following the introduction of second-generation UCAs and the emergence of modern contrast-specific techniques. CEUS offers valuable information about vascular disease, both on a macrovascular and a microvascular level, with well-established applications for carotid disease, post-interventional follow-up of abdominal aortic aneurysms, and the assessment of portal vein thrombosis. The purpose of this review is to discuss the principles of CEUS and to present an overview of its vascular applications.

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AneurysmAortaAtherosclerosisCarotid artery diseasesUltrasonography

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PMID31671927
PMCPMC6920620

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