The pathophysiology of portal hypertension

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-10

  Treiber, Gerhard ^a   Csepregi, Antal ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Vasoconstrictors; Vasodilators

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN; ARGININE; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GLUCAGON; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SUBSTANCE P; THROMBIN; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL REGENERATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBROSIS; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER SINUSOID; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOSIS; VASODILATATION; VEIN RESISTANCE;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 20444461959     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084720     Document Type: Review

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