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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound identifies carotid artery dissection in a stroke patient unsuitable for angiography.
Case Report (n=1)
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Contrast enhanced ultrasonography is a useful imaging modality for identifying carotid artery dissection in patients with stroke and renal failure who cannot undergo angiography.
Carotid arterial dissection is an important cause of stroke in young and middle-aged patients. Ultrasound (and particularly contrast enhanced ultrasonography) is an important approach in patients with sudden onset of stroke combined with renal failure who are not suitable for angiography. In this report we describe the ultrasound features of carotid arterial dissection and discuss its utility.
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Li et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Carotid artery dissection (n=1). Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (SonoVue) was evaluated on Identification of carotid artery dissection. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography successfully identified a carotid artery dissection in an 81-year-old man with acute stroke and renal failure who was unsuitable for angiography.
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