Prognostic value of a single HVPG measurement and Doppler-ultrasound evaluation in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 687-695

  Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a   Rossi, Valentina ^a   Tiani, Carolina ^a   Pierpaoli, Lucia ^a   Zappoli, Paola ^a   Riili, Anna ^a   Serra, Carla ^a   Andreone, Pietro ^a   Morelli, Maria Cristina ^a   Golfieri, Rita ^a   Rossi, Cristina ^a   Magalotti, Donatella ^a   Zoli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HVPG; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension; Porto systemic shunts; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; NADOLOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; VEIN LIGATION;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 79958765813     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0360-z     Document Type: Article

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