Ultrasound in portal hypertension - Part 2 - Ecommendations for the performance and reporting of ultrasound examinations in portal hypertension;Ultraschall bei Pfortaderhochdruck - Teil 2 - und EFSUMB-Empfehlungen zurDurchführung und Dokumentation von Ultraschalluntersuchungen bei Pfortaderhochdruck

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-32

  Berzigotti, A ^a,b   Piscaglia, F ^c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER VEIN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; PORTAL VEIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84856772989     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299145     Document Type: Article

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