This study investigated the correlation between changes in hepatic and systemic hemodynamics and femoral blood flow (FBF), measured by dual-beam pulsed wave Doppler, in 58 portal hypertensive patients receiving propranolol(O.15 mg/Kg intravenously; n = 44) or placebo (n = 14) under double-blind cond
Noninvasive measurement of portal venous blood flow in patients with cirrhosis
β Scribed by Daniel Alvarez; Ricardo Mastai; Alberto Lennie; Graciela Soifer; Diana Levi; Ruben Terg
- Book ID
- 112510022
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 529 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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