Assessment of portal hypertension and high-risk oesophageal varices with liver and spleen three-dimensional multifrequency MR elastography in liver cirrhosis

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1394-1402

  Ronot, Maxime ^a,b,c   Lambert, Simon ^b,c   Elkrief, Laure ^a,b,c   Doblas, Sabrina ^b,c   Rautou, Pierre Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Castera, Laurent ^a,b,c   Vilgrain, Valérie ^a,b,c   Sinkus, Ralph ^b,c   Van Beers, Bernard E ^a,b,c   Garteiser, Philippe ^b,c  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

Author keywords

Liver; MR elastography; Oesophageal varices; Portal hypertension; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SPLEEN;

EID: 84901653120     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3124-y     Document Type: Article

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