Clinical significance of esophageal variceal pressure in patients with esophageal varices

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 326-331

  Bandoh, Toshio ^a   Mitarai, Yoshinobu ^a   Kitano, Seigo ^a   Yoshida, Takanori ^a   Kobayashi, Michio ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic findings; Nitroglycerin; Pneumatic pressure sensor; Variceal bleeding; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0028050036     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(05)80309-5     Document Type: Article

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