Are there any alternative methods to hepatic venous pressure gradient in portal hypertension assessment?

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Tantau, Marcel ^a,b   Procopet, Bogdan ^a,b   Bureau, Christophe ^c,d  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Department of Gastroenterology Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

HVPG; Liver stiffness; Non invasive methods; Portal hypertension; Portal hypertension related complications; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER VEIN; NECK PAIN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENOUS PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; PORTAL PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84875475013     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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