HEPATIC VEIN PULSATILITY ASSESSMENT ON SPECTRAL DOPPLER ULTRASOUND

Hepatic vein pulsatility correlates with the severity of disease in a range of different liver disorders. We describe a simple visual gradin g system for scoring hepatic vein pulsatility which does not require a ny on-screen measurements and which has proved reproducible in clinica l practice, The system gives a six point score for the waveform pulsat ility, 6 being a normal value and 1 indicating a complete lack of modu lation.