Colour Doppler ultrasound flow patterns in the portal venous system

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 899, 2002, Pages 919-929

  Gorg C ^a   Riera Knorrenschild, J ^a   Dietrich, J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING PATTERN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER VEIN;

ADULT; HEART DISEASES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; PORTAL VEIN; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036832086     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.899.750919     Document Type: Review

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