Open AccessAbnormalities of Doppler waveform of the hepatic veins in patients with chronic liver disease: correlation with histologic findings.
Author(s) -
Agostino Colli,
Massimo Cocciolo,
Carlo Galdino Riva,
Enrique Martínez,
A. Prisco,
Mariangela Pirola,
G Bratina
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.162.4.8141001
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic liver disease , correlation , hepatic veins , liver disease , doppler effect , chronic hepatic , disease , radiology , pathology , vein , cirrhosis , geometry , mathematics , physics , astronomy
Changes in the Doppler waveform of the hepatic veins are associated with chronic liver disease, particularly cirrhosis. We correlated abnormalities in Doppler waveforms of hepatic veins with histologic findings in the liver to determine the accuracy of Doppler imaging in the detection of cirrhosis.