Portal vein pulsatility ratio and heart failure

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-31

  Catalano, Daniela ^a   Caruso, Giuseppe ^a   DiFazzio, Salvatore ^a   Carpinteri, Giuseppe ^a   Scalisi, Nunzio ^a   Trovato, Guglielmo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler abdominal ultrasonography; Echocardiography; Heart failure (congestive); Portal flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN SIZE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PULSATILE FLOW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1842332726     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199801)26:1<27::AID-JCU6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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