Portal hypertension and blood viscosity

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Sikuler, Emanuel ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Haemaccel; Portal hypertension; Vascular hindrance; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; POLYGELINE; PROPRANOLOL; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE;

BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CALCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOMETRY; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VISCOMETER;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; POLYGELINE; PORTAL PRESSURE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 35848930965     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181492616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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