Staging of portal hypertension and portosystemic shunts using dynamic nuclear medicine investigations

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2008; 14(24): 3841-3848
Published online Jun 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3841

Table 5 Liver transit time and distribution in stages of the patients with the per-rectal portal shunt index lower than 10%

Per-rectal shunt index	Mean value of liver transit time (s)		Etiology	Number of patients (n)	Stage in our classification
	Right lob	Left lobe	Etiology	Number of patients (n)	Stage in our classification
< 5%	24		-	38	Stage 0
	25	28	viral	10	Stage 1a
	31	24	alcoholic	6	Stage 1b
	31.5	29	viral	7	Stage 1c
			viral + alcoholic	4
5%-10%	19.5			13	Stage 2

Citation: Dragoteanu M, Balea IA, Dina LA, Piglesan CD, Grigorescu I, Tamas S, Cotul SO. Staging of portal hypertension and portosystemic shunts using dynamic nuclear medicine investigations. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(24): 3841-3848
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i24/3841.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.3841