Esophageal Varix Predictive Performance of Lower Esophageal Doppler Signals During the Swallowing Process

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2058-2063

  Zhang, Chao Xue ^a   Xu, Xiao Yong ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Huang, Meng ^a   Li, Liang ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Doppler ultrasound; Esophageal varices

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

CIRRHOSIS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; LEFT GASTRIC VEIN; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUNDS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN DIAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPLEEN DIAMETER; SPLEEN VEIN DIAMETER; STOMACH BLOOD FLOW; SWALLOWING; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPLICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; FIBROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84905588049     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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