The correlation between Doppler US measurement of hepatic arterial flow and the MELD score in patients with chronic liver disease.
作者信息
Topal N B, Sarkut P, Dündar H Z, Şahin A U, Ercan İ, Ayyıldız T, İşçimen R, Kiyici M, Kaya E, Emiroglu R
机构信息
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Uludag, Turkey.
出版信息
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2016;20(2):291-6.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score and hepatic arterial hemodynamic parameters measured via Doppler US.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Etiologic causes and hepatic artery hemodynamic parameters of 121 patients with chronic liver parenchymal disease were compared with MELD scores. Doppler ultrasonography (US) was used to assess flow velocity, pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) in the hepatic artery (HA). Each patient's MELD scores were calculated at the time of Doppler ultrasound performed.
RESULTS
There was statistically significant difference between MELD score and hepatic artery RI value (p < 0.001, r = 0.616). This difference was statistically more significant in the group which consisted of multiple etiologic causes (p < 0.001, r = 0.837).
CONCLUSIONS
We found significant relation between MELD score and hepatic artery RI measurements in patients with chronic liver parenchymal disease.
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