Pictorial review: Colour Doppler ultrasound flow patterns in the portal venous system.

Abstract

Doppler ultrasound is a well established method for assessment of the portal venous system to detect the direction of portal blood flow. It is helpful for non-invasive diagnosis of intra-abdominal portosystemic shunts, especially in patients with cirrhosis. Less attention has been paid to other influences on portal venous flow, e.g. tricuspid regurgitation, increased hepatic out-flow resistance, respiratory cycle. The aim of this pictorial review is to describe the spectrum of physiological and pathological Doppler ultrasound flow patterns in the portal venous system.

• Authors: C Görg, J Riera-Knorrenschild, J Dietrich
• Journal: The British journal of radiology (Br J Radiol) Vol. 75 Issue 899 Pg. 919-29 (Nov 2002) ISSN: 0007-1285 [Print] England
• PMID: 12466260 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Adult
• Heart Diseases (diagnostic imaging)
• Hepatic Veins (diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Liver Circulation
• Liver Diseases (diagnostic imaging)
• Portal Vein (diagnostic imaging)
• Pulsatile Flow
• Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color