Hepatic venous pressure measurement: An old test as a new prognostic marker in cirrhosis?

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 245-248

  Armonis, Anastasios ^a   Patch, David ^a   Burroughs, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031012853     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250145     Document Type: Review

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