Noninvasive evaluation of portal-systemic shunting by glyceryl trinitrate

Physiological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-416

  Slanar O ^a,c   Aubrecht, J ^a   Perlik F ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Cirrhosis; Glyceryl trinitrate; Plethysmography; Portal systemic shunting

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PORTAL SYSTEM; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036404770     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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