Influence of preoperative portal hypertension and graft size on portal blood flow velocity in recipient after living donor liver transplantation with right-lobe graft

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Jang, Yun Jin ^a,b   Kim, Kyoung Won ^a   Jeong, Woo Kyoung ^a,c   Shin, Yong Moon ^a   Song, Gi Won ^d   Hwang, Shin ^d   Lee, Sung Gyu ^d  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver graft; Liver transplantation; Portal blood flow; Portal hypertension; Varix; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 76149095626     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2591     Document Type: Article

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