Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography using Sonazoid to evaluate changes in hepatic hemodynamics in acute liver injury

Masayuki Miyazaki
Masaki Kato
Masatake Tanaka
Kosuke Tanaka
Shinichiro Takao
Motoyuki Kohjima
Tetsuhide Ito
Munechika Enjoji
Makoto Nakamuta
Kazuhiro Kotoh
Ryoichi Takayanagi

Background and Aims: Disturbances in hepatic microcirculation are believed to be involved in the mechanisms regulating the progression of acute liver injury (ALI). Evaluation of hepatic hemodynamics in patients with acute liver injury might be helpful in understanding the extent of the intrahepatic microcirculatory disturbances. Therefore, we investigated whether contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is useful to evaluate the changes in hepatic hemodynamics in patients with ALI.

JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

WILEY-BLACKWELL

0815-9319

10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06790.x

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06790.x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21615794
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