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Somatostatin in portal hypertension

Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1989
The effect of somatostatin on portal pressure is mediated by splanchnic arterial vasoconstriction which induces a reduction in portal blood flow and pressure. One of the most important characteristics of somatostatin is that its splanchnic effect is not accompanied by major systemic hemodynamic effects.
J S, Morgan, R J, Groszmann
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Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy

Baillière's Clinical Gastroenterology, 1991
There is now substantial clinical evidence to suggest that portal hypertensive gastropathy is an important source of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension. Although a relatively uncommon presenting feature in such patients, it appears to become progressively more frequent and important the longer such patients with bleeding ...
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION IN CHILDREN

Clinics in Liver Disease, 1997
This chapter reviews the common causes of portal hypertension in children. It specifies how the treatment strategy for portal hypertension in patients without significant hepatic dysfunction differs from the management of children with cirrhosis. It describes the application of newer treatment modalities such as TIPS and partial splenic embolization in
E M, Alonso, C, Hackworth, P F, Whitington   +2 more
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Portal Hypertensive Enteropathy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 2006
The available data on the use of VCE in patients who have cirrhosis and portal hypertension are inadequate to reach a firm conclusion about the usefulness of this diagnostic tool in this patient population. In fact, only retrospective case series exist, in which the characteristics of the patients are heterogeneous in terms of severity of liver disease
E. Rondonotti, F. Villa, C. Signorelli, R. de Franchis   +3 more
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1954
D C, BALFOUR, T B, REYNOLDS, W P, MIKKELSEN, A C, PATTISON, M R, HALES   +4 more
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The Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension

Clinics in Liver Disease
This article reviews the pathophysiology of portal hypertension that includes multiple mechanisms internal and external to the liver. This article starts with a review of literature describing the cellular and molecular mechanisms of portal hypertension, microvascular thrombosis, sinusoidal venous congestion, portal angiogenesis, vascular ...
Resham, Ramkissoon, Sheng, Cao, Vijay H, Shah   +2 more
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Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension

2000
Portal hypertension is the hemodynamic consequence of liver cirrhosis. It is a relevant pathology, as it causes aseries of alterations responsible for the onset of the complication of cirrhosis. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, ascites, portal-systemic encephalopathy, hepato-renal syndrome, hepato-pulmonary syndrome, and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ...
GATTA, ANGELO, BOLOGNESI, MASSIMO
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Portal hypertension

Current Problems in Surgery, 1998
J M, Henderson, D S, Barnes, M A, Geisinger   +2 more
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Portal Hypertension

New England Journal of Medicine, 1960
C M, LEEVY, G R, CHERRICK, C S, DAVIDSON
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Portale Hypertension

Der Internist, 2000
R, Wiest, G, Lock, J, Schölmerich
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