Portal hypertension
Subtitle: pathogenesis and management
By: Almed Helmy.
Publisher: Nova Science; Nova Biomedical Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 551
Subjects: Portal hypertension.; Hypertension, Portal -- etiology.; Hypertension, Portal -- therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The hemodynamics of cirrhotic portal hypertension; title: Assessment of patients with portal hypertension; title: Invasive & non-invasive imaging techniques in portal hypertension; title: Esophageal varices; title: Gastric varices; title: Ectopic varices; title: Portal hypertensive gastropathy and gastric antral vascular ectasia; title: Portal hypertensive bilopathy; title: Ascites in portal hypertension; title: Hepatic hydrothorax and spontaneous bacterial empyema; title: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; title: Hepatorenal syndrome; title: Hepatic encephalopathy; title: Hepatopulmonary syndrome; title: Medical therapy of portal hypertension; title: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS); title: Surgical treatment of portal hypertension; title: Idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension; title: Schistosomal portal hypertension; title: Budd-Chiari syndrome; title: Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome; title: Portal & splenic venous thromboses; title: Portal hypertension as a risk factor in non-hepatic abdominal surgery; title: The spleen in portal hypertension; title: Portal hypertension in pregnancy.