Portal hypertension
Subtitle: pathobiology, evaluation, and treatment
By: edited by Arun J. Sanyal and Vijay H. Shah.
Contributors: Sanyal, Arun J.; Shah, Vijay H.
Series: Clinical gastroenterology
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Portal hypertension.; Hypertension, Portal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Portal hypertension: a history / Adrian Reuben and Roberto J. Groszmann; title: Anatomy and vascular biology of the cells in the portal circulation / Massimo Pinzani and Francesco Vizzutti; title: Cell and molecular mechanisms of increased intrahepatic resistance and hemodynamic correlates / Don C. Rockey; title: Molecular mechanisms of systemic vasodilation and hyperdynamic circulatory state of cirrhosis / Richard Moreau and Didier Lebrec; title: Mechanisms of sodium retention, ascites formation, and renal dysfunction in cirrhosis / Andrés Cardenas and Pere Ginès; title: Hepatic hemodynamics in portal hypertension: compliance, hepatic arterial buffer; title: Response, hepatorenal syndrome, and liver regeneration / W. Wayne Lautt and Zhi Ming; title: Neovascularization, angiogenesis and vascular remodeling in portal hypertension / Manuel Morales-Ruiz and Wladimiro Jiménez; title: Mechanisms of cardiopulmonary hemodynamics and dysfunction in portal hypertension / Michael B. Fallon; title: Measurement of hepatic venous pressure gradient: methods, interpretation, and pitfalls / G. Pomier-Layrargues and P. Michel Huet; title: Evaluation of portal hemodynamics using indicator dilution and noninvasive techniques / Juerg Reichen; title: Endoscopic assessment of portal hypertension including variceal pressure measurement: methods, interpretation and pitfalls / Angel Escorsell and Jaime Bosch; title: Clinical features and natural history of variceal hemorrhage: implications for surveillance and screening / Juan G. Abraldes and Jaime Bosch; title: Management strategies for the prophylaxis and treatment of esophageal variceal rupture / Roberto de Franchis; title: Pharmacologic therapy for the management of esophageal varices: biology and utility of available agents / Norman Grace and Richard S. Tilson; title: Endoscopic treatment for bleeding esophageal varices / John P. Cello; title: Surgical therapies for management: surgical shunts and liver transplantation / J. Michael Henderson; title: Transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic stent-shunt: technical considerations and clinical utility in the management of variceal hemorrhage / Dhiraj Tripathi ... [et al.]; title: Clinical features and management of gastric varices, portal hypertensive gastropathy, and ectopic varices / Charmaine A. Stewart and Patrick S. Kamath; title: Ascites: clinical features, diagnosis and natural history / Sakib Karim Khalid and Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao; title: Management of ascites / Florence Wong; title: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other infections in cirrhosis / Rosa Maria Morillas and Ramon Planas; title: Diagnosis and management of hepatorenal syndrome / Kevin Moore; title: Pregnancy and portal hypertension / Bimaljit Sandhu and Arun J. Sanyal; title: Causes and management of portal hypertension in the pediatric population / Frederick C. Ryckman, Maria H. Alonso and Greg Tiao; title: Noncirrhotic portal hypertension and portal vein thrombosis / Shiv Sarin and Manav Wadhavan; title: Hepatic venous outflow obstruction: Budd-Chiari syndrome and veno-occlusive disease / Hugo E. Vargas and Thomas D. Boyer; title: Pulmonary complications associated with portal hypertension / Karen L. Swanson and Michael J. Krowka; title: Health status assessment and economic analyses in cirrhosis and portal hypertension / Jayant A. Talwalkar and W. Ray Kim; title: Future treatments: anti-fibrotic agents, nitric oxide donors, and gene therapy in the treatment of portal hypertension / Meena B. Bansal and Scott L. Friedman.