Impairment of change in diameter of the hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava: A sonographic sign of liver fibrosis or cirrhosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 355-360

  Kitamura, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Chujiro ^b  

^a Matsumoto Hospital   (Japan)

^b Omachi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caudate lobe; Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Inferior vena cava; Liver stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMORS;

FIBROSIS; INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC); RESPIRATION; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MEASUREMENT; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RIGIDITY; THORAX PRESSURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 14644400476     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.3.355     Document Type: Article

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