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The value of hepatic diffusion-weighted MR imaging in demonstrating hepatic congestion secondary to pulmonary hypertension

BACKGROUND: Congestive hepatomegaly might be the first sign for pulmonary hypertension. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value obtained with quantitative diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is affected by liver fibrosis and perfusion. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value...

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Autores principales: Dogan, Yuksel, Soylu, Aliye, Kilickesmez, Ozgur, Demirtas, Tuna, Kilickesmez, Kadriye Orta, Dogan, Sebahat Nacar, Eren, Gulay, Sevindir, Isa, Yasar, Nurgul, Poturoglu, Sule, Sonmez, Kenan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-28