High-risk esophageal varices in patients treated with locoregional therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma: Evaluation with regular follow-Up liver CT

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2247-2252

  Kim, Hyojin ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a   Gwak, Geum Youn ^a   Lee, Joon Hyeok ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^a   Lee, Ji Young ^a   Park, Yulri ^a   Chang, Ilsoo ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; High risk esophageal varices; Liver MDCT; Locoregional therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BARIUM SULFATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EASY CT; IOPROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70149117264     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0606-2     Document Type: Article

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