Real-Time Spatial Compound Sonography versus conventional US of the Achilles Tendon in patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Liver haemangiomas undetermined at grey-scale ultrasound: Contrast-enhancement patterns with SonoVue and pulse-inversion US

EFFECTS OF THE STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED BY 0.5 T MRI UNIT ON TNF-alpha RELEASE OF HUMAN PBMC FROM PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

Real-time spatial compound sonography of Achilles tendon in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia and normal physical examination

This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence and ultrasound features of Achilles tendon xanthomas (ATX) in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HFH) and normal physical examination studied with high-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) and, secondarily, to evaluate the role of real-time spatial compound sonography (CS) in terms of image quality.Both Achilles tendons of 40 patients with HFH were studied with HRUS and CS. Two experienced radiologists evaluated by consensus the presence of ATX described as (1) tendon thickening and/or (2) focal hypoechoic areas and the quality of images obtained with the two techniques.Ten out of 80 tendons showed thickening (mean: 11.2…