Non-invasive ultrasound-based diagnosis and staging of esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis. A systematic review of the literature published in the third millenium

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Binţinţan, Adriana ^a   Chira, Romeo Ioan ^a   Mircea, Petru Adrian ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Esophageal varices; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Non invasive diagnosis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE INDEX; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN CONGESTION; PORTAL VEIN DIAMETER; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY RESISTANCE INDEX; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENIC VEIN; STAGING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOUS CONGESTION;

CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880930451     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.152.ab1ric2     Document Type: Article

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