Hemodynamic response of the left gastric vein to glucagon in patients with portal hypertension and esophageal varices

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-17

  Matsutani, Shoichi ^a   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Sato, Goro ^a   Fukuzawa, Takeshi ^a   Mizumoto, Hideaki ^a   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Glucagon; Hemodynamics; Left gastric vein; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; SONOCHEMISTRY;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHIC MACHINE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

GLUCAGON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMACH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VEINS;

EID: 0037279979     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00643-9     Document Type: Article

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