title: [Value of ultrasono-portography using SonoVue in selective portal vein embolization].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the value of ultrasono-portography using SonoVue in selective portal vein embolization (SPVE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-eight patients with malignant liver tumors underwent percutaneous ultrasound-guided SPVE. The procedure was performed under color Doppler ultrasound guidance in 11 cases (conventional group) and under guidance with ultrasono-portography using SonoVue in 17 cases (contrast group). Contrast-enhanced CT was performed 2-4 weeks after SPVE to evaluate the effect of embolization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The procedure of SPVE was aborted in 3 cases in which ultrasono-portography showed contraindications. Postoperative contrast-enhanced CT showed ectopic embolization in 2 cases in the conventional group, and none of the cases in the contrast group showed ectopic embolization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasono-portography using SonoVue can provide important assistance for SPVE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
authors.forename: Li-yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tian-an
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Chao-wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Jun-yin
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kai-yuan
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D011172:Portography / Q000379:methods; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color