Evaluation of pancreatic allografts with sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1041-1051

  Gimenez, Juan M ^a   Bluth, Edward I ^a   Simon, Allison ^a   Troxclair, Laurie ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic allograft; Resistive index; Risk evaluation; Sonography; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

PANCREATIC ALLOGRAFT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RESISTIVE INDEX; RISK EVALUATION; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; SPLENIC ARTERIES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN ARTERY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENIC ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84864260112     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.7.1041     Document Type: Article

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