Direct Transhepatic Measurement of Portal Vein Pressure Using a Thin Needle: Comparison with wedged hepatic vein pressure

Gastroenterology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 584-589

  Boyer, Thomas D ^a   Triger, David R ^a   Horisawa, Masumasa ^a   Redeker, Allan G ^a   Reynolds, Telfer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE;

ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; NEEDLES; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 0017740763     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(77)80136-4     Document Type: Article

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