Color Doppler ultrasonography is reliable in assessing the risk of esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 711-717

  Pleština, Sanja ^a   Pulanić, Roland ^b   Kralik, Marko ^b   Pleština, Stjepko ^c   Samaržija, Miro ^a  

^a Klinika za Plucne Bolesti Jordanovac   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Doppler; Esophageal varices; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN DIAMETER;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 28344440432     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0424-x     Document Type: Article

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