Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Patients total | 49 |
| Age [years] | 56 ±13.5 |
| Gender | |
| male | 29 (59.2%) |
| female | 20 (40.8%) |
| Etiology | |
| cirrhotic thrombosis | 14 (28.6%) |
| non-cirrhotic thrombosis | 35 (71.4%) |
| myeloproliferative disease | 8 (16.3%) |
| thrombophilia | 6 (12.2%) |
| infective/inflammatory disease | 6 (12.2%) |
| post abdominal surgery | 2 (4.1%) |
| idiopathic | 13 (26.5%) |
| Portography + CDUS + CT | 26 (53.1%) |
| Portography + CDUS | 8 (16.3%) |
| Portography + CT | 15 (30.6%) |
| Time CDUS/CT to portography* [days] | 1.95 ±2.38 |
* The time span to spleno-portography was calculated from the date of CDUS or CT depending on which imaging procedure was performed first
Abbreviations: CDUS = color Doppler ultrasound, CT = contrast-enhanced computed tomography