Hemodynamic changes in splanchnic circulation after orthotopic liver transplantation in patients with liver cirrhosis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 541-545

  Soresi, M ^a   Bascone, F ^a   Magliarisi, C ^a   Campagna, P ^a   Di Giovanni, G ^a   Riili, A ^a   Carroccio, A ^a   Montalto, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Duplex Doppler; Hemodynamic changes; Liver cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; Pulsatility index; Resistance index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN SIZE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036708622     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0101-0     Document Type: Article

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