Esophageal varices before and after endoscopic variceal ligation: Evaluation using helical CT

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1546-1549

  Shimizu, T ^a   Namba, R ^a   Matsuoka, T ^a   Tabuchi, K ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a   Uesugi, Y ^a   Matsui, R ^a   Sueyoshi, K ^a   Narabayashi, I ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D image; CT; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Esophageal varices; MPR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032613206     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050881     Document Type: Article

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