Hepatic vein arrival time as assessed by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is useful for the assessment of portal hypertension in compensated cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  Kim, Moon Young ^a   Suk, Ki Tae ^b   Baik, Soon Koo ^a   Kim, Hyoun A ^a   Kim, Young Ju ^a   Cha, Seung Hwan ^a   Kwak, Hwa Ryun ^c   Cho, Mee Yon ^a   Park, Hong Jun ^a   Jeon, Hyo Keun ^a   Park, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Bo Ra ^a   Hong, Jin Heon ^a   Jo, Ki Won ^a   Kim, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Kwon, Sang Ok ^a   Chang, Sei Jin ^a   Baik, Gwang Ho ^b   Kim, Dong Joon ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATIC VEIN ARRIVAL TIME; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865549563     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25752     Document Type: Article

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