Incidence and clinical significance of spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts detected by sonography in adults without potential cause

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-26

  Lin, Zu Yau ^a   Chen, Shinn Cherng ^a   Hsieh, Ming Yen ^a   Wang, Chu Wen ^b   Chuang, Wan Long ^a   Wang, Liang Yen ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fistula; Hepatic veins; Liver; Portal vein; Shunts; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PROTEIN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 30344469083     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20176     Document Type: Article

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