%0 Journal Article
%T Doppler Ultrasound of Hepatic Vessels in the Diagnosis of Cirrhosis of the Liver in Togo
%A Lantam Sonhaye
%A Abarchi Habibou Boube
%A Abdoulatif Amadou
%A B¨¦r¨¦sa Kolou
%A Mohaman Djibril
%A Bidamin Ntimon
%A Mazamaesso Tchaou
%A Nouhou Mamoudou Garba
%A Lama K¨¨gdigoma Agoda-Koussema
%A Komlavi Adjenou
%J Open Journal of Radiology
%P 53-63
%@ 2164-3032
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrad.2018.81007
%X The aim of this work is to evaluate the role of Ultrasound-Doppler in the hemodynamic study of hepatic vessels during the liver cirrhosis in Togo. <strong>Method:</strong> This was an analytic cross-sectional study that measured the velocimetric parameters of hepatic vessels in cirrhotic patients and in non-cirrhotic patients. <strong>Results:</strong> The velocimetric parameters of the hepatic artery, the portal vein, and the hepatic veins were measured in 50 cirrhotic patients and 50 non-cirrhotic The caliber of the portal vein was significantly increased in cirrhotic patients compared to non-cirrhotic patients with 13.11 ¡À 2.16 mm versus 11.45 ¡À 1.02 (p &lt; 0.00006). The systolic velocity and the hepatic artery resistance index were significantly raised in the cirrhotic patients compared to the non-cirrhotic with 67.32 ¡À 22.77 versus 49.97 ¡À 17.24 (p-value &lt; 0.00004) respectively, and 0.78 ¡À 0.07 against 0.72 ¡À 0.08 (p &lt; 0.00006). The caliber of the hepatic veins was significantly decreased in the cirrhotic patients compared to the non-cirrhotic patients (p &lt; 0.0003). There was no correlation between the gender of the patients and the change in the hemodynamics of the hepatic vessels.<strong> Conclusion:</strong> The hemodynamic study of the hepatic vessels can and must rightly be a diagnostic argument for liver cirrhosis.
%K Doppler
%K Hepatic Vessels
%K Diagnosis
%K Cirrhosis
%K Togo
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=83219