Changing waveform during respiration on hepatic vein doppler sonography of severe portal hypertension: Comparison with the damping index

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-462

  Kim, Soo Yeon ^a   Jeong, Woo Kyoung ^a,b   Kim, Yongsoo ^a   Heo, Jeong Nam ^a   Kim, Min Yeong ^a   Kim, Tae Yeob ^b   Sohn, Joo Hyun ^b  

^a Departments of Radiology and Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Hepatic venous pressure gradient; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DAMPING; DIAGNOSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MINIMUM VELOCITIES; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER VEIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79953304696     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.4.455     Document Type: Article

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