Relationship between splanchnic, peripheral and cardiac haemodynamics in liver cirrhosis of different degrees of severity

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 799-804

  Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Zironi, Gianni ^a   Gaiani, Stefano ^a   Ferlito, Marinella ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a   Siringo, Sebastiano ^a   Gaia, Claudio ^a,b   Gramantieri, Laura ^a   Bolondi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Duplex Doppler; Echocardiography; Hyperdynamic circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030743715     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199708000-00012     Document Type: Article

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