An exploratory study on the relation between the detection of chest/abdominal wall vein and liver reserve or esophageal varices using cellphone application Vein Seek. - An exploratory study on the detection of chest/abdominal wall vein.

Vein-weighted images (VWI) could significantly visualize abdominal wall variecs (AWV) than unmanipulated images (UI) (72% vs 24%, p =0.0005). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that VWI-AWV grade 2 was an independent factor related to the presence of non-treated GOV [OR=3.05 (1.24-7.53), p=0.016]. The vein-viewing application non-invasively detected AWV related to the presence of cirrhosis and GOV, and VWI-AWV grade 2 was an independent factor related to the presence of non-treated GOV.