Postprandial splanchnic hemodynamic response in patients with cirrhosis of the liver: Evaluation with 'triple-vessel' duplex US

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 711-715

  Iwao, Tadashi ^a   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a   Oho, Kazuhiko ^a   Sakai, Teruhiro ^a   Tayama, Chizuru ^a   Masumoto, Hideo ^a   Sato, Masahiro ^a   Nakahara, Keita ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteries, mesenteric; Arteries, splenic; Blood, flow dynamics; Liver, cirrhosis; Portal vein, flow dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

EID: 0029850075     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.3.8939220     Document Type: Article

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