Choledocholithiasis refers to the presence of one or more gallstones in the common bile duct. Usually, this occurs when a gallstone passes from the gallbladder into the common bile duct (see the image below). Common bile duct stone (choledocholithiasis). The sensitivity of transabdominal ultrasonography for choledocholithiasis is approximately 75% in the presence of dilated ducts and 50% for nondilated ducts.
Stocks had a long-awaited recovery Thursday after many discouraging down days in recent weeks. But if one stock symbolizes the good news, itâs probably beleaguered midstream energy company Kinder Morgan (ticker: KMI), which finished up 15.5% Thursday after a better-than-expected earnings report.
Menounos, Morgan Stanley: And the gist of what you were saying before is that in your view regulators are getting more comfortable with additional tier one as an asset class, the market capacity for the product etcâ¦. Schotkamp, BBVA: Yes, the validity of it, the true loss-absorbing nature, yes.here is a lot of focus on coupon deferral and not all banks disclose enough information to be able to accurately assess that risk. And on top of that, the ECB, as you say, is now more focused on its own capital adequacy requirements and some countries have disclosed those, other countries havenât.