Lack of a correlation between portal vein flow and pressure: Toward a shared interpretation of hemodynamic stress governing inflow modulation in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 836-848

  Sainz Barriga, Mauricio ^a   Scudeller, Luigia ^b   Costa, Maria Gabriella ^c   De Hemptinne, Bernard ^a   Troisi, Roberto Ivan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959851456     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22295     Document Type: Article

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