Doppler assessment of hepatic venous waves for predicting large varices in cirrhotic patients

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-39

  Joseph, Thomas ^a   Madhavan, Mukunda ^a   Devadas, Krishnadas ^a   Ramakrishnannair, Vinayakumar K ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Doppler; hepatic venous waveform; varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATIC VENOUS WAVEFORM; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651309539     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.74465     Document Type: Article

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