Hepatic venous pressure gradient: Worth another look?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1178-1183

  Parikh, Sameer ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver function tests; Portal hypertension; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NADOLOL; NITRATE; PEGINTERFERON; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN; TIMOLOL;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER VEIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN RESISTANCE;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 67349108386     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0491-8     Document Type: Review

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