Correlation of hepatic vein doppler waveform and hepatic artery resistance index with the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 346-352

  Mohammadinia, Amir Reza ^a   Bakhtavar, Khadijeh ^a   Ebrahimi Daryani, Nasser ^a   Habibollahi, Peiman ^a,b   Keramati, Mohammad Reza ^c   Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad ^c   Abdollahzade, Sina ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatic artery resistance index; Hepatic vein waveform; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER VEIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956572465     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20696     Document Type: Article

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