Quantitative doppler evaluation of the splenoportal venous system in various stages of cirrhosis: Differences between right and left portal veins

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 537-543

  Kutlu, Ramazan ^a   Karaman, Ibrahim ^b   Akbulut, Ahmet ^b   Baysal, Tamer ^a   Sigirci, Ahmet ^a   Alkan, Alpay ^a   Aladag, Murat ^a   Seckin, Yuksel ^a   Sara, Kaya ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MALATYA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Doppler ultrasonography; Hemodynamics; Portal vein; Splenic vein

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLENIC VEIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036828305     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10114     Document Type: Article

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