Changes in cerebral blood flow after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt can help predict the development of hepatic encephalopathy: An arterial spin labeling MR study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3851-3856

  Zheng, Gang ^a,b   Zhang, Long Jiang ^a   Wang, Ze ^c   Qi, Rong Feng ^a   Shi, Donghong ^a   Wang, Li ^a,b   Fan, Xinxin ^a   Lu, Guang Ming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Cerebral blood flow; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN LABELING; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869878816     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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