Endoscopic Ultrasonography for the Evaluation of Portal Hypertension

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Ginès, Angels ^a   Fernández Esparrach, Glòria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Portal hypertension; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL COLLATERAL VESSEL SCLEROSIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROSIS; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH VARICES; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN LIGATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER CIRCULATION; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL;

EID: 77953227879     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.005     Document Type: Review

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