The role of hepatic arterial doppler ultrasound after liver transplantation: An 'Audit Cycle' evaluation

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 517-524

  Maceneaney, P M ^a   Malone, D E ^a   Skehan, S J ^a   Curry, M P ^a   Miller, J C ^a   Gibney, R G ^a   Traynor, O ^a   McCormick, P A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Doppler studies; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Obstruction; Stenosis; Thrombosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EVALUATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034525071     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.1999.0486     Document Type: Article

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