Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Predicts Clinical Decompensation in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Ripoll, Cristina ^a,b   Groszmann, Roberto ^a,b   Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe ^a,b   Grace, Norman ^c,d   Burroughs, Andrew ^e   Planas, Ramon ^f   Escorsell, Angels ^g   Garcia Pagan, Juan Carlos ^g   Makuch, Robert ^b   Patch, David ^e   Matloff, Daniel S ^d   Bosch, Jaime ^g  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE; VARICOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE; AGED; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

AGED; ASCITES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547539830     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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