Assessment of portal hypertension by transient elastography in patients with compensated cirrhosis and potentially resectable liver tumors

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Llop, Elba ^a,b   Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a,b   Reig, Maria ^b   Erice, Eva ^a   Reverter, Enric ^a   Seijo, Susana ^a   Abraldes, Juan G ^a,b   Bruix, Jordi ^b   Bosch, Jaime ^a,b   García Pagan, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; HVPG; Liver stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE LEAKAGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PORTAL HYPERTENSION; COLON CANCER; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 83555172603     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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