Azygos blood flow in cirrhosis: Measurement with MR imaging and correlation with variceal hemorrhage

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Wu, Ming Ting ^a,e   Pan, Huay Ben ^a,e   Chen, Clement ^a,e   Chang, Jinn Ming ^b,e   Lo, Gin Ho ^a   Wu, Su Shin ^c   Yeung, Hong N ^d,e   Yang, Chien Fang ^a,e,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chi Mei Foundation Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypertension, portal; Liver, cirrhosis; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies; Veins, azygos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0030027889     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.2.8596849     Document Type: Article

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