Blood flow parameters in the short gastric vein and splenic vein on Doppler ultrasound reflect gastric variceal bleeding

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Ishihara, Takeshi ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuyuguchi, Toshio ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaharu ^a   Matsutani, Shoichi ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Gastric varices; Portal hypertension; Short gastric vein; Splenic vein

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING RATE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW VOLUMES; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; REVERSED FLOW;

BLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ULTRASONICS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STOMACH VEIN; SPLEEN BLOOD FLOW; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953870639     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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