Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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kambiz akhavan rezayat department of internal medicine, imam reza hospital, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran
fariborz mansour ghanaei division of gastroenterology and hepatology, gastrointestinal and liver diseases research center (gldrc), guilan university of medical sciences, rasht, ir iran; gastrointestinal and liver diseases research center, razi hospital, sardar jangle ave, guilan university of medical sciences, rasht, ir iran. tel: +98-1312232414, fax: +98-1312232514
ahmad alizadeh department of radiology, poursina hospital, guilan university of medical sciences, rasht, ir iran
afshin shafaghi division of gastroenterology and hepatology, gastrointestinal and liver diseases research center (gldrc), guilan university of medical sciences, rasht, ir iran
ali babaei jandaghi department of radiology, poursina hospital, guilan university of medical sciences, rasht, ir iran
conclusions neither of studied variables was perfect to differentiate cirrhotic patients with and without evs. endoscopy is still the gold standard diagnostic method for diagnosing esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. it seems that some of the splenoportal doppler indices are promising, but more research and evaluation is necessary. results forty-four patients were male and 22 female....