Hemodynamic events in a prospective randomized trial of propranolol versus placebo in the prevention of a first variceal hemorrhage

Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 1401-1407

  Groszmann, Roberto J ^a,b,c,d   Bosch, Jaime ^a,b,c,d   Grace, Norman D ^a,b,c,d   Conn, Harold O ^a,b,c,d   Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe ^a,b,c,d   Navasa, Miguel ^a,b,c,d   Alberts, Jeanne ^a,b,c,d   Rodes, Juan ^a,b,c,d   Fischer, Rosemarie ^a,b,c,d   Bermann, Max ^a,b,c,d   Rofe, Stephen ^a,b,c,d   Patrick, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Lerner, Emanuel ^a,b,c,d  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d LEMUEL SHATTUCK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROPRANOLOL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0025016059     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(90)91168-6     Document Type: Article

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