Table 1.

Hepatic vein waveforms in study population n (%)

	Non-cirrhotic controls		Liver cirrhosis patients
	No liver	Chronic	A	B	C
	pathology	hepatitis	n = 46	n = 29	n = 25
Triphasic	30	30	26 (56.6%)	16 (55.2%)	7 (28%)
Biphasic	0	0	18 (39.1%)	13 (44.8%)	17 (68%)
Flat	0	0	2 (4.3%)	0	1 (4%)

There was no correlation between waveforms and liver dysfunction.