CONGESTION INDEX OF THE PORTAL-VEIN
CONGESTION INDEX OF THE PORTAL-VEIN
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DOI:
10.2214/ajr.146.4.735
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发表时间:
1986-04-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
UCHINO, H
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作者:
MORIYASU, F;NISHIDA, O;UCHINO, H
The "congestion index" is used to mean the ratio between the cross-sectional area (cm2) and the blood flow velocity (cm/sec) of the portal vein, as determined by a duplex Doppler system. The indices as determined in normal subjects and patients with liver disease were as follows: normal subjects (n = 85), 0.070 .+-. 0.029 cm .times. sec; acute hepatitis (n = 11), 0.071 .+-. 0.014 cm .times. sec; chronic active hepatitis (n = 42), 0.119 .+-. 0.084 cm .times. sec; cirrhosis (n = 72), 0.171 .+-. 0.075 cm .times. sec; and idiopathic portal hypertension (n = 11), 0.180 .+-. 0.107 cm .times. sec. There was a statistically significant difference between the congestion indices from the normal subject group and indices obtained from patients with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and idiopathic portal hypertension. A weak positive correlation was obtained between the congestion index and the portal venous pressure, measured simultaneously through a percutaneously placed catheter (n = 64, r = 0.45, p < 0.01). It is suggested that the congestion index reflects the pathophysiological hemodynamics of the portal venous system in portal hypertension.