Performance of Doppler ultrasound in the prediction of severe portal hypertension in hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver disease

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1379-1388

  Vizzutti, Francesco ^a   Arena, Umberto ^a   Rega, Luigi ^b   Romanelli, Roberto Giulio ^a   Colagrande, Stefano ^b   Cuofano, Stefania ^a   Moscarella, Stefania ^a   Belli, Giacomo ^c   Marra, Fabio ^a   Laffi, Giacomo ^a   Pinzani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica Sezione di Radiodiagnostica   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; RENAL ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; JUGULAR VEINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 36348946924     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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