Influence of esophageal varices and spontaneous portal-systemic shunts on postprandial splanchnic hemodynamics

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 550-556

  Siringo, Sebastiano ^a   Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Zironi, Gianni ^a   Sofia, Soccorsa ^a   Gaiani, Stefano ^a   Zammataro, Marcello ^b   Bolondi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VEIN DIAMETER;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0035126976     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02351-0     Document Type: Article

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