Correlation between Endosonographic and Doppler Ultrasound Features of Portal Hypertension in Patients with Cirrhosis

Table 2

Summary of Doppler ultrasound findings in relation to the size of “deep” oesophageal and gastric varices in the liver cirrhosis patients (𝑛=42). Data presented as mean ± SD. ^a𝑃=0.05; ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus grade 0 varices.

Doppler US	“Deep” oesophageal varices size			“Deep” gastric varices size
	0	1	2	0	1	2
Vmin portal	12.7 ± 5.4	13 ± 6.3	14.1 ± 7.1	10.0 ± 3.0	* 16.1 ± 7.2	14.1 ± 6.8
Vmax portal	18.3 ± 5.3	20.6 ± 9.4	21.2 ± 10.2	14.8 ± 4.3	** 25.0 ± 9.7	* 21.3 ± 8.8
Tmax portal	14.8 ± 5.1	17.1 ± 9.0	17.7 ± 9.0	11.8 ± 3.2	** 20.6 ± 7.9	* 17.9 ± 9.0
Vmin splenic	14.6 ± 5.4	17.6 ± 9.6	16.9 ± 9.7	13.2 ± 5.7	17.7 ± 9.3	17.9 ± 9.5
Vmax splenic	21.8 ± 6.4	26.2 ± 14.4	25.1 ± 10.4	19.4 ± 5.8	^a27.6 ± 10.4	^a26.1 ± 12.3
Tmax splenic	17.3 ± 4.7	22.3 ± 11.0	20.1 ± 10.1	15.4 ± 5.0	^a22.2 ± 8.9	^a21.6 ± 10.7