Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1677-1681 , October 2010

Splanchnic Arterial Blood Flow is Significantly Influenced by Breathing—Assessment by Duplex-Doppler Ultrasound

  • Holger Seidl
    • ,
  • Jochen Tuerck
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Schepp
    • ,
  • Arne R. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Arne Schneider, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Gastroenterological Oncology; Bogenhausen Academic Teaching Hospital, Klinikum Muenchen GmbH, Englschalkinger Str.77, D-81925 Munich, Germany.

Received 27 March 2010 ,Revised 10 June 2010 ,Accepted 20 July 2010.

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PII: S0301-5629(10)00375-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.017

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1677-1681 , October 2010

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