Preoperative Portal and Splanchnic Flow Measurement Using MRI

Seoul National University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Liver Cirrhoses

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Liver MRI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03868397

SNUH-2017-1262

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to assess the alteration of portal and splanchnic flow using MRI after liver transplantation in patients with splenomegaly or splenic varix.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• older than 18 years
• And signed informed consent
• And planned either a) liver transplantation as a recipient; or b) liver transplantation as a donor

Exclusion criteria

• any absolute/relative contraindication of contrast-enhanced MRI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Liver MRI

Experimental group

Description:

In this study, MRI refers to phase-contrast 4D flow sequence.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Liver MRI