Noninvasive grading of the severity of portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients by echo-color-Doppler

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 901-907

  Bolognesi, Massimo ^a   Sacerdoti, David ^a   Merkel, Carlo ^a   Bombonato, Giancarlo ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Duplex sonography; Hepatic venous pressure gradient; Liver; Portal hypertension; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; ULTRASONICS;

CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; VEIN RESISTANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SPLENIC VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0034906329     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00370-2     Document Type: Article

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