The effect of a combined treatment with propranolol and isosorbide-5-mononitrate on Doppler ultrasound parameters in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Orban Şchiopu, Ana Maria ^a   Balas, Bogdana Ioana ^a   Diculescu, Mircea ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Congestion index; Isosorbid mononitrate; Portal hypertension; Propranolol; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PROPRANOLOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 21644488894     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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