Significance of and contributing factors for a high resistive index on Doppler sonography of the hepatic artery immediately after surgery: Prognostic implications for liver transplant recipients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 831-838

  García Criado, Angeles ^a   Gilabert, Rosa ^a   Salmerón, J Manuel ^a   Nicolau, Carlos ^a   Vilana, Ramón ^a   Bianchi, Luis ^a   Buñesch, Laura ^a   García Valdecasas, J Carlos ^a   Rimola, Antoni ^a   Brú, Concepción ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HIGH RESISTIVE INDEX; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17544385936     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.3.1810831     Document Type: Article

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