Antiviral therapy effectively improves liver hemodynamics as evidenced by serum biomarker and contrast-enhanced ultrasound examinations in patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis by Xiaoyong Xu, Chaoxue Zhang, Chen Shi, Naizhong Hu, Bin Sun, Derun Kong, Jianming Xu

“…Peripheral blood vWF and sCD163, as well as liver ultrasound Doppler parameters including portal vein diameter (PVD), portal vein velocity (PVV), portal vein congestion index (PV-CI), hepatic vein damping index (HV-DI), hepatic arterial arrival time (HAAT), hepatic vein arrival time (HVAT) and intrahepatic cycle time (HV-HA), were measured at the baseline and the follow-up periods. …”
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