title: [Color Doppler flow image of Budd-Chiari syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the diagnostic value of color Doppler flow image (CDFI) for the diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome (B-CS).
  
  
  METHODS
  CDFI findings of 35 patients with B-CS were retrospectively analyzed and compared with the findings of venography of inferior vena cava (IVC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-four patients were diagnosed as B-CS by CDFI, while one patient with local tunica stenosis was misdiagnosed. The correct diagnostic rate was 97.1%. In the 34 patients, CDFI displayed stenosis or occlusion in the hepatic vein and IVC in 24 patients, IVC only in 8,and hepatic vein only in 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CDFI may be a principal non-invasive technique to diagnose B-CS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasonography, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China. liaojintang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jin-Tang
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Tie-Han
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Rui-Zhe
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Shu-Chu
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuan-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*