Portal venous system after endoscopic sclerotherapy of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis - Prospective study with Doppler sonography

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 65, 2005, Pages 1448-1451

  Szczepanik, Andrzej B ^a   Proniewski, Jacek ^a   Huszcza, Slawomir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Hemodynamics; Portal system; Sclerotherapy of esophageal varices

Indexed keywords

MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENIC VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 25844500906     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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