Beta blockers in portal hypertension. Are they really a good option?

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-91

  López Méndez, Eric ^a   Uribe, Misael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beta blockers; Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; NADOLOL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPRANOLOL;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROPHYLAXIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH VARICES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARICOSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN RUPTURE;

EID: 33745051914     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)32023-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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