Hepatofugal portal flow in advanced liver cirrhosis with spontaneous portosystemic shunts: Effects on parenchymal hepatic enhancement at dual-phase helical CT

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 536-540

  Vignaux, O ^a   Gouya, H ^a   Augui, J ^a   Oudjit, A ^a   Coste, J ^a   Dousset, B ^a   Chaussade, S ^a   Legmann, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, contrast enhancement; Liver, cirrhosis; Liver, computed tomography; Liver, portal vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUAL PHASE HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOFUGAL PORTAL FLOW; HEPATOPETAL PORTAL FLOW; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036708619     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0095-7     Document Type: Article

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