Angiography, color Doppler ultrasound

Kubik-Huch RA, Hebisch G, Huch R et al (1999) Role of duplex color Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography, and MR angiography in the diagnosis of septic puerperal ovarian vein thrombosis. Abdom Imaging 24 85-91... 

No indication remains for angiography in the diagnostic evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma. On the one hand, the risk of the examination is relatively high. On the other hand, vascular injuries are extremely well depicted by the association of color Doppler ultrasound and MDCT. Angiography can be proposed in relatively rare instances when percutaneous treatment (embolization, angioplasty) appears to be the best option (Fig. 25.6). In the con-... 

Fig. 10.4a,b. High-flow priapism. Color Doppler appearance of the fistula before and after embolization, a Sagittal color Doppler image of the right crus shows extravasation of blood from the cavernosal artery (arrowheads), b Duplex Doppler ultrasound image obtained soon after angiography shows that the fistula is still patent, but reduced in size. The fistula closed spontaneously within 5 days... 

Clevert DA, Johnson T, Jung EM, Clevert DA, Flach PM, Strautz TI, Ritter G, Gallegos MT, Kubale R, Becker C, Reiser M (2006) Color Doppler, power Doppler and B-flow ultrasound in the assessment of ICA stenosis Comparison with 64-MD-CT angiography. Eur Radiol 60(3) 379-386 Crawford CR, King KF (1990) Computed tomography scanning with simultaneous patient translation. Med Phys 17 967-982... 

Administration of an ultrasound contrast agent can increase the sensitivity for detecting endoleaks with color and power Doppler by 33%-300% however, the specificity may decrease by 17% to 30% [27-31]. Utilizing an ultrasound contrast agent may also enable detection of endoleaks that are not seen by CT angiography [30, 31]. 

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