Recent variceal bleeding: Doppler US hepatic vein waveform in assessment of severity of portal hypertension and vasoactive drug response

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 574-580

  Baik, Soon Koo ^a   Kim, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Kwon, Sang Ok ^a   Kim, Young Ju ^a   Park, Joong Wha ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^a   Chang, Sei Jin ^a   Lee, Dong Ki ^b   Han, Kwang Hyub ^b   Um, Soon Ho ^c   Lee, Samuel S ^d  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAVEFORM;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PORTAL PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33746220300     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2402051142     Document Type: Article

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