Portal pressure, presence of gastroesophageal varices and variceal bleeding

Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 419-424

  Garcia‐Tsao, Guadalupe ^a,b   Groszmann, Roberto J ^a,b   Fisher, Rosemarie L ^a,b   Conn, Harold O ^a,b   Atterbury, Colin E ^a,b   Glickman, Morton ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER VEIN PRESSURE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH VARICES;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; PORTAL VEIN; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0021858506     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840050313     Document Type: Article

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