Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of portal hypertension. Where are we next?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-295

  Sgouros, S N ^a   Bergele, C ^b   Avgerinos, A ^b  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Gastrooesophageal varices; Portal haemodynamics; Portal hypertension; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH VARICES; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN LIGATION;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL;

EID: 33748490696     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.11.012     Document Type: Review

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