Sonography of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts: Detection of elevated portosystemic gradients and loss of shunt function

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 549-556

  Haskal, Ziv J ^a   Carroll, James W ^a,b   Jacobs, Jill E ^a   Arger, Peter H ^a   Yin, Dongping ^a   Coleman, Beverly G ^a   Langer, Jill E ^a   Rowling, Susan E ^a   Nisenbaum, Harvey L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension, portal; Shunts, portosystemic; Shunts, US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030779158     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(97)70607-9     Document Type: Article

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