Hepatic venous pressure gradient determination in patients with hepatitis C virus-related and alcoholic cirrhosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1085-1089

  Bellis, Lia ^a   Castellacci, Roberto ^a   Montagnese, Fabrizio ^a   Festuccia, Federica ^a   Corvisieri, Paolo ^a   Puoti, Claudio ^a  

^a Dept of Gastroenterol/Int Med   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cirrhosis; HCV; HVPG; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0142075831     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200310000-00004     Document Type: Article

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