Evaluation of Organ Transplants

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Introduction Organ transplantation has become the treatment of choice for end-stage renal and liver disease with the exception of cases with diffuse metastatic liver disease or with hepatocellular carcinoma that…

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Evaluating Carotid Plaque and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

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Key wordsatherosclerosis, plaque, intima-media thickness, gray-scale median, ultrasound transducer, plaque ulceration, plaque calcification, echodensity, carotid arteries   Introduction The ultrasound evaluation of carotid artery atherosclerosis has evolved over the years….

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Assessment of Upper Extremity Arterial Disease

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Introduction The upper extremity arterial system requires a different diagnostic approach than that used in the lower extremity. Although progression of focal atherosclerosis or acute arterial emboli are almost always…

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Correlative Imaging

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Overview The current trends in vascular imaging are to increase the reliance on noninvasive approaches, to minimize complications linked to invasive imaging, and to reserve invasive techniques for therapeutic interventions….

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