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Editorial

Ultrasound: “one stop shop” in hepatology
Ioan Sporea
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143-144

Original Papers

Comparison of three ultrasound based elastographic techniques in children and adolescents with chronic diffuse liver diseases.
Oana Belei, Ioan Sporea, Oana Gradinaru-Tascau, Laura Olariu, Alina Popescu, Ioan Simedrea, Otilia Marginean
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145-150
The influence of acute physical effort on liver stiffness estimation using Virtual Touch Quantification (VTQ). Preliminary results.
Mariana M Gersak, Erich Sorantin, Jana Windhaber, Sorin M Dudea, Michael Riccabona
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151-156
Endoscopic ultrasound guided injection of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles for liver and pancreas: a feasibility study in pigs.
Bogdan Silviu Ungureanu, Daniel Pirici, Claudiu Mărgăritescu, Ioana Andreea Gheonea, Florian Nicu Trincu, Adrian Fifere, Adrian Săftoiu
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157-162
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for differential diagnosis of pancreatic mass lesions: a meta-analysis.
Li Zhou Lin, Fan Li, Yang Liu, Ling Xi Xing, Lian Fang Du
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163-169
Relationship of side dominance and ultrasonographic measurements of pronator quadratus muscle along with handgrip and pinch strength.
Nusret Ok, Kadir Agladioglu, Harun R. Gungor, Ali Kitis, Semih Akkaya, Nuran Sabir Akkoyunlu, Fahir Demirkan
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170-176
A novel approach to assess pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using tissue velocity imaging.
Xiao-Zhi Zheng, Jing Wu, Xu-Yan Tan
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177-181
Assessment of the arterial stiffness in patients with acute ischemic stroke using longitudinal elasticity modulus measurements obtained with Shear Wave Elastography.
Zhaojun Li, Lianfang Du, Feng Wang, Xianghong Luo
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182-189
Coronary sinus fow measured by pulsed Doppler ultrasound is a powerful indicator of coronary blood supply – a pig heart in vitro study.
Xiao-Zhi Zheng, Jing Wu, Jie Hua
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190-194
Qualitative strain elastography – strain ratio evaluation - an important tool in breast cancer diagnostic
Dana Stoian, Bogdan Timar, Marius Craina, Elena Bernad, Izabela Petre, Mihaela Craciunescu
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195-200
The prediction of myometrial infiltration by three-dimensional ultrasonography in patients with endometrial carcinoma: a validation study from Ege University Hospital.
Mete Ergenoglu, Levent Akman, Mustafa Cosan Terek, Cem Yasar Sanhal, Ozgur Yeniel, Ozgul Vupa Cilengiroglu, Ahmet Aydin Ozsaran, Yilmaz Dikmen, Osman Zekioglu
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201-206
Assessment of modified myocardial performance index in foetuses with growth restriction
Carolina Pacheco Silva, Edward Araujo Júnior, Marina Maccagnano Zamith, Ana Carolina Rabachini Caetano, Ana Cristina Perez Zamarian, Rafael Oliveira Cavalcante, Antônio Fernandes Moron, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza
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207-213
Ultrasonographic features of the persistence of superior left vena cava and pathological cardiac associations in fetus. Case series.
Claudiu Mărginean, Cristina Oana Mărginean, Iolanda Muntean, Rodica Togănel, Lorena Elena Meliț, Maria Oana Mărginean, Liliana Gozar
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214-217

Reviews

Portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis – the added value of contrast enhanced ultrasonography.
Mirela Danilă, Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu, Roxana Șirli
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218-223
The role of lymph node ultrasound evaluation in melanoma – review of the literature.
Loredana Ungureanu, Carolina Botar Jid, Elisabeta Candrea, Rodica Cosgarea, Simona Corina Șenilă
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224-230
US-guided peripheral vascular interventions, comments on the EFSUMB guidelines
Christoph Frank Dietrich, Rudolf Horn, Susanne Morf, Liliana Chiorean, Yi Dong, Xin Wu Cui, Nathan Atkinson, Christian Jenssen
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231-239

Pictorial essay

The ultrasonographic diagnosis of cystic cervical lesions: a pictorial essay
Lavinia Manuela Lenghel, Grigore Băciuţ, Mihaela Băciuţ, Horaţiu Rotaru, Simion Bran, Cristian Dinu, Carolina Botar-Jid, Mirela Gersak, Sorin M. Dudea
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240-246

Case reports

Three-dimensional ultrasound radiance mode imaging of a uterine lipoleiomyoma.
Francisco Raga, Sara Cholvi, Maria José Esquembre, Diana Boigues, Carolina Lucas, Fernando Bonilla-Musoles
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247-249
Quadricuspid aortic valve: an unexpected echocardiographic finding.
Carlos Manuel Aboitiz-Rivera, Ruben Blachman-Braun, Mario Fernando Lanza, Roberto Berebichez-Fridman, María José Díaz-Huízar, Laura Graciela Ferrer-Arellano, Alejandra Andrea Ramírez-Freyre, Mario Enrique Baltazares-Lipp
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250-252
The value of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of the native aortic infective endocarditis valve complications: a case report and literature review.
Adrian Molnar, Diana Sacui, Simona Manole, Amanda Radulescu, Ruxandra Beyer
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253-256
Appendicular mucinous adenocarcinoma associated with pseudomyxoma peritonei, a rare and difficult imaging diagnosis.
Romeo Ioan Chira, Codrut Cosmin Nistor-Ciurba, Andreea Mociran, Petru Adrian Mircea
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257-259

Letter to the editor

Non-anatomical polymer phantoms: a new tool to develop and assess technical skills in ultrasound guided procedures
Jan-Alexis Tremblay, François Marquis
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260-261
A very rare cause of recurrent back pain: hematocolpometra.
Zeynep Ozcan Dag, Ozlem Banu Tulmac, Yuksel Isik
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261-262
Successful management of a second trimester cesarean scar pregnancy using local methotrexate injection.
Vincent Y.T. Cheung, Tsz-kin Lo
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262-263
Comment on “The use of Doppler ultrasonography for pre- and post-surgery monitoring of abdominal aortic aneurysm. A case report”.
Hongmei Chen, Zhifei Cui, Yuanyuan Yan, Zhan Ma, Xiaole Gu, Yonghua Bi
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Author’s response
Monica Elia Georgescu, Philippe Arbeille, Michaela Dobre, Victorita Stefanescu
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265