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Nephrologist-performed portal vein Doppler to monitor response to diuretic therapy. Clin Case Rep 2022 Feb;10(2):e05357

Date

03/01/2022

Pubmed ID

35223002

Pubmed Central ID

PMC8843834

DOI

10.1002/ccr3.5357

Abstract

Conventional parameters for assessment of fluid status suffer from several limitations. IVC maybe chronically dilated in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Portal vein Doppler offers an additional data point to assess the severity of venous congestion as well as monitor the efficacy of decongestive therapy.

Author List

Koratala A

Author

Abhilash Koratala MD Adjunct Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin