Do we need contrast agents for EUS?
ChristophF Dietrich, Adrian Săftoiu, Bertrand Napoléon, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono, Barbara Braden, S. Burmeister, Silvia Carrara, XinWu Cui, Pietro Fusaroli, Uwe Gottschalk, Michael Hocke, Stephan Hollerbach, Julio Iglesias‐García, Christian Jenssen, Masayuki Kitano, Alberto Larghi, KofiW Oppong, AnandV Sahai, Siyu Sun, Eike Burmester, Milena Di Leo, Maria Chiara Petrone, E. Lanz Santos, A Teoh, Joo Ha Hwang, Mihai Rimbaș, Malay Sharma, Rajesh Puri, Michel Kahaleh
Abstract
We recently introduced a series of articles that dealt with controversies in EUS. In Part I, the authors discussed which clinical information is necessary prior to EUS and whether other imaging modalities are required before embarking on EUS examinations. Part II focuses on technical details and controversies about the use of EUS in special situations. In this article, important practical issues regarding the application of contrast-enhanced EUS in various clinical settings are raised and controversially discussed from different points of view.