Assessment of the agreement between wedge hepatic vein pressure and portal vein pressure in cirrhotic patients

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 601-608

  Thalheimer, U ^a,b   Leandro, G ^a   Samonakis, D N ^a   Triantos, C K ^a   Patch, D ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Policlinico Universitario gB Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Portal pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDLINE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VENOUS PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; LIVER VEIN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL PRESSURE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 33644634938     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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