Damping index of Doppler hepatic vein waveform to assess the severity of portal hypertension and response to propranolol in liver cirrhosis: A prospective nonrandomized study

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1103-1110

  Kim, Moon Young ^a   Baik, Soon Koo ^a   Park, Dong Hun ^a   Lim, Dae Wook ^a   Kim, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Kwon, Sang Ok ^a   Kim, Young Ju ^a   Chang, Sei Jin ^a   Lee, Samuel S ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damping index; Doppler ultrasonography; Hepatic vein waveform; Hepatic venous pressure gradient; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS PRESSURE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPRANOLOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 34548638280     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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