Haemodynamic parameters predicting variceal haemorrhage and survival in alcoholic cirrhosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Stanley, A J ^a   Robinson, I ^a   Forrest, E H ^a   Jones, A L ^a   Hayes, P C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031985563     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.1.19     Document Type: Article

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