Prevention of a first episode of variceal bleeding: Role of duplex Doppler sonographic measurement of the acute response to beta-blockers

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 633-638

  Cioni, Giorgio ^a   Turrini, Fabrizio ^a   Tincani, Enrico ^a   D'Alimonte, Piero ^a   Cristani, Alessandro ^a   Boldrini, Elena ^a   Baraldi, Eliana ^a   Pedrazzini, Pier Giorgio ^a   Ventura, Paolo ^a   Ventura, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleeding, variceal; Cirrhosis; Portal vein; Propranolol; Varix, bleeding

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BETA BLOCKERS; BLEEDING; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL FLOW; PORTAL VEIN; PROPRANOLOL; VARICEAL BLEEDING; VARIX;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PREDICTION;

EID: 0032881975     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.9.633     Document Type: Article

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