PVP 3001 Traumatic arteriovenous cervical fistulae

✍ Scribed by Domingos de Morais; Osvaldo Palma; José MS Silvestre; Wander E Sardinha; Rafael C Oliveira; Carlos C Faloppa; Maurício AF Silva

• Book ID: 104325008
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 141 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-5629
• DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(97)80597-2

✦ Synopsis

Purpose: to test the efficacy of Levovist, a galactose-based microbubble DreDaration, in enhancing the diagnostic quality of Color-&d Power-Doppler stud<es of the fimoroiliac tract in oatient with deeo venous thrombosis (DVT). Materials and Method;: 10 patients, witch cl&A suspicion of DVT, underwent contrast enhanced US evaluation, in order to evaluate the extension of thrombosis in the femoro-iliac tract and in the inferior vena cava. After the initial Doppler study, Levovist was intravenously injected through a peripheral vein of the foot. More iniections, up to four, at different concentrations (200