Uzun, HakanYazıcı, BurhanErdoğmuş, BeşirKocabay, KenanBüyükkaya, RamazanBüyükkaya, AylaYazgan, Ömer2020-05-012020-05-0120090720-048X1872-7727https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.06.004https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/5628WOS: 000270644400025PubMed: 18824318Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fatty infiltration of the liver (FIL) on the Doppler waveform pattern in the hepatic veins of obese children. Methods: In this prospective study, 59 patients with diffuse FIL and 45 normal healthy children who served as control group underwent hepatic vein B-mod and duplex Doppler sonography. The Doppler sonography spectrum of the right hepatic vein was classified into three groups: triphasic waveform, biphasic waveform, and monophasic or flat waveform. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in the phasicity of hepatic venous flow between patients and control subjects (p < 0,001). The Doppler flow pattern in the right hepatic vein was triphasic in 28 (47.5%), biphasic in 28 (47.5%), and monophasic in 3 (5%) children with fatty liver, while it was triphasic in 43 (95.6%) and biphasic in 2 (4.4%) control subjects. There was an inverse correlation between the sonographic grade of fatty infiltration of the liver and the phasicity of hepatic venous flow (r = -0.479, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Abnormal right hepatic vein Doppler waveform, biphasic as well as monophasic, can be seen in healthy obese children with diffuse FIL. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.en10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.06.004info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessHepatic veinDoppler ultrasonographyFatty liverChildrenArticle713552556WOS:000270644400025Q1Q2