Portal vein pulsatility ratio provides a measure of right heart function in chronic heart failure

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Rengo, Carlo ^a,b,c   Brevetti, Gregorio ^a   Sorrentino, Gianpaolo ^a   D'Amato, Teresa ^a   Imparato, Margherita ^a   Vitale, Dino F ^a   Acanfora, Domenico ^b   Rengo, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler studies; Flow dynamics; Heart failure; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

ASCITES REGURGITATION; CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER STUDIES; HEPATIC CONGESTION; PORTAL VEIN PULSATILITY; TRICUSPID REGURGITATION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0032033476     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00272-X     Document Type: Article

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