Non-pulsatile hepatic and portal vein waveforms in patients with liver cirrhosis: Concordant and discordant relationships

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 919, 2004, Pages 547-550

  Barakat, M ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PULSATILE FLOW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 4344667233     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/19413822     Document Type: Article

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