Contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS with novel ultrasonographic contrast (Sonazoid) in the preoperative T-staging for pancreaticobiliary malignancies

• Main Authors: Imazu, H., Uchiyama, Y., Matsunaga, K., Ikeda, Kei-Ichi, Kakutani, H., Sasaki, Y., Sumiyama, K., Ang, T.L., Omar, S., Tajiri, H.
• Format: Article
• Published: Informa Healthcare 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/14182/

Objective. Sonazoid is a new second-generation microbubble contrast for ultrasonography. In this pilot study, the diagnostic role of contrast-enhanced harmonic imaging endoscopic ultrasonography (CH-EUS) with Sonazoid was prospectively evaluated in preoperative T-staging of pancreaticobiliary malign...