Role of portal color Doppler ultrasonography as noninvasive predictive tool for esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Comparison of portal vein diameter and different hemodynamic indices by B-mode and color Doppler US between cirrhotic group and control group

Normal values	Cirrhotic group (G1) (n = 100) M ± SD	Control group (G2) (n = 100) M ± SD	p Value (Mann–Whitney test)
Portal vein flow velocity (PVFV) (15–20 cm/s)	15.3 ± 5.1	18.2 ± 2.9	< 0.001*
Portal vein diameter (PVD) (10–13 mm)	12.4 ± 3.2	12.1 ± 1.2	0.38^NS
Portal congestion index (PCI) (0.07–0.1)	0.11 ± 0.045	0.071 ± 0.012	< 0.001*
Hepatic artery resistive index (HARI) (0.5–0.7)	0.71 ± 0.052	0.51 ± 0.03	< 0.001*
Hepatic artery pulsatility index (HAPI) (0.9–1)	1.34 ± 0.12	1.01 ± 0.04	< 0.001*
Splenic artery resistive index (SARI) (0.5–0.7)	0.7 ± 0.05	0.5 ± 0.06	< 0.001*
Portal hypertensive index (PHI) (1.3–1.8)	2.23 ± 0.85	1.38 ± 0.53	< 0.001*
Liver vascular index (LVI) (10–15)	11.77 ± 4.95	11.61 ± 3.2	0.78^NS