Evaluation of entire gastric fundic and esophageal varices secondary to posthepatitic cirrhosis: Portal venography using 64-row MDCT

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Chen, Tian Wu ^a,b   Yang, Zhi Gang ^a   Li, Xiao ^a   Wang, Qi Ling ^a   Qian, Ling Ling ^a   Wang, Rui Rong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Gastric fundic varices; Maximum intensity projection; Multidetector CT; Portography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76649090955     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9506-y     Document Type: Article

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