Diagnostic effectiveness of infusion hepatic angiography. A comparison with the conventional technique.
The diagnostic effectiveness of infusion hepatic angiography was evaluated in 72 patients with various liver diseases, who also had conventional hepatic angiography. In a comparison of the two techniques, the infusion study was found diagnostically essential in 4 patients (6%), and afforded improved diagnosis in 52 others (72%). In 13 patients (18%), it gave equivalent information; and in 3 patients (4%), less information than the conventional technique. Infusion hepatic angiography is a useful complementary technique in anatomical liver diagnosis, especially in its ability to improve upon the diagnostic accuracy of the capillary phase of hepatic angiography.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002404:Catheterization; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms
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