Prospective evaluation of the role of Quantitative Doppler Ultrasound Surveillance in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1183-1188

  Stell, David ^a,b   Downey, Donal ^a   Marotta, Paul ^a   Solano, Edward ^a   Khakhar, Anand ^a   Quan, Douglas ^a   Ghent, Cam ^a   McAlister, Vivian ^a   Wall, William ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 4544277614     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20231     Document Type: Article

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