Doppler ultrasound findings in the hepatic artery shortly after liver transplantation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-135

  García Criado, Ángeles ^a   Gilabert, Rosa ^a   Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a   Brú, Concepción ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTOLE; WAVEFORM; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67650312562     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3919     Document Type: Review

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