Endoscopic doppler ultrasound for measurement of azygos blood flow: Validation against thermodilution and assessment of pharmacological effects of terlipressin in portal hypertension

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 318-325

  Hansen, E F ^a   Bendtsen, F ^a   Brinch, K ^a   Moller S ^a   Henriksen, J H ^a   Becker, U ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Azygos venous flow; Doppler; Endoscopic ultrasound; Portal haemodynamics; Portal venous flow; Terlipressin; Thermodilution

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TERLIPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMODILUTION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0035080097     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655201750074717     Document Type: Article

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