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Iranpour P, Lall C, Houshyar R, et al. Altered Doppler flow patterns in cirrhosis patients: an overview. Ultrasonography. 2015;35(1):3-12doi: 10.14366/usg.15020.
Iranpour, P., Lall, C., Houshyar, R., Helmy, M., Yang, A., Choi, J. I., Ward, G., & Goodwin, S. C. (2016). Altered Doppler flow patterns in cirrhosis patients: an overview. Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea), 35(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.14366/usg.15020
Iranpour, Pooya, et al. "Altered Doppler flow patterns in cirrhosis patients: an overview." Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) vol. 35,1 (2016): 3-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.14366/usg.15020
Iranpour P, Lall C, Houshyar R, Helmy M, Yang A, Choi JI, Ward G, Goodwin SC. Altered Doppler flow patterns in cirrhosis patients: an overview. Ultrasonography. 2016 Jan;35(1):3-12. doi: 10.14366/usg.15020. Epub 2015 May 27. PMID: 26169079; PMCID: PMC4701371.
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Ultrasonography. 2016 Jan;35(1):3-12. doi: 10.14366/usg.15020. Epub 2015 May 27.

Altered Doppler flow patterns in cirrhosis patients: an overview.

Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea)

Pooya Iranpour, Chandana Lall, Roozbeh Houshyar, Mohammad Helmy, Albert Yang, Joon-Il Choi, Garrett Ward, Scott C Goodwin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
  2. Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 26169079 PMCID: PMC4701371 DOI: 10.14366/usg.15020

Abstract

Doppler ultrasonography of the hepatic vasculature is an integral part of evaluating precirrhotic and cirrhotic patients. While the reversal of the portal venous flow is a well-recognized phenomenon, other flow patterns, although not as easily understood, may play an important role in assessing the disease status. This article discusses the different characteristic flow patterns observed from the portal vein, hepatic artery, and hepatic vein in patients with liver cirrhosis or related complications and procedures. Knowledge of these different flow patterns provides additional information that may reinforce the diagnosis of cirrhosis, help in staging, and offer prognostic information for determining the direction of therapy. Doppler ultrasonography is invaluable when liver transplantation is being considered and aids in the diagnosis of cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

Keywords: Hypertension, portal; Liver cirrhosis; Ultrasonography, Doppler, color

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