Azygos venous blood flow while fasting, postprandially, and after endoscopic variceal ligation, measured by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-314

  Sugano, Shigeo ^a   Yamamoto, Kunihiro ^b   Takamura, Naoko ^a   Momiyama, Kouich ^a   Watanabe, Manabu ^a   Ishii, Kunihiko ^a  

^a Saiseikai Wakakusa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Wakakusa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azygos blood flow; Eating; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Esophageal varices; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AZYGOS VEIN; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032815333     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050266     Document Type: Article

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