BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS AND ABNORMALITIES IN CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
Authors: Louis J. Vorhaus
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 August 1959BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS AND ABNORMALITIES IN CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVERLOUIS J. VORHAUS II, M.D.LOUIS J. VORHAUS II, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-2-290 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMost physicians feel that hypertension is rare in patients ill with cirrhosis of the liver, and, in fact, that such patients tend to have lower blood pressure than otherwise healthy individuals of comparable age and sex. Several textbooks of medicine state this to be a fact. For example, inOxford Medicine, the statement is made that "in portal cirrhosis, the blood pressure, both arterial and venous, is usually low,"1and Rolleston and McNee,2in their book,Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, note that "blood pressure is low where the disease is active." Most other textbooks say nothing...Bibliography1. Christian HA, Editor: Oxford medicine, Vol. 5, Part I, 1949, Oxford University Press, New York, p. 347. Google Scholar2. RollestonMcNee HJW: Diseases of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, 1929, The MacMillan Company, London, pp. 264 and 573. Google Scholar3. SpattRosenblatt SDP: The incidence of hypertension in portal cirrhosis: a study of 80 necropsied cases of portal cirrhosis, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 479-483 (Sept.) 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar4. MasterMarksDack AMHHS: Hypertension in people over 40, J. A. M. A. 121: 1251-1256 (April 17) 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Loyke HF: The relationship of cirrhosis of the liver to hypertension: a study of 504 cases of cirrhosis of the liver, Am. J. M. Sc. 230: 627-632 (Dec.) 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Editorial: Hypertension and hepatic cirrhosis, Brit. M. J. 1: 1032 (May 5) 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Fishberg AM: Hypertension and nephritis, 5th Ed., 1954, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 745. Google Scholar8. Lichtman SS: Diseases of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, Vol. II, 1953, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 660. Google Scholar9. Loeper M: Les Hepatites, 1937, Masson et Cie., Paris, p. 200. Google Scholar10. GilbertGarnier : cited by Loeper, M.9 Google Scholar11. Geill T: Studier ober Icterus. I. Om Forekumsten af Bradycardi og Hypertension, Hospitalstid. 73: 749-761, 1930. Google Scholar12. Meakins JC: Jaundice and blood pressure, M. Clin. North America 16: 715-729 (Nov.) 1932. Google Scholar13. Rauschou F: Liver function and hypertension. Blood pressure and heart weight in chronic hepatitis, Circulation 10: 511-516 (Oct.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. ChauffardCharcotBouchardBrissand M: Traite de medecine. III. Maladies du foie et des voies biliaires, 1892, Paris, p. 691. Google Scholar15. KirschbaumShure JDN: Alcoholic cirrhosis. Clinical and pathological study of 356 fatal cases selected from 12,267 necropsies, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 28: 721-731 (March) 1943. Google Scholar16. BouchutFromentGrasset LRE: État du systeme cardiovasculaire dans la cirrhose ethylique du foie d'apres 160 observations avec verification anatomique, Lyon méd. 160: 3 (July 4) 1937. Google Scholar17. MasterGoldsteinWalters AMIMB: New and old definitions of normal blood pressure: Clinical significance of the newly established limits, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 27: 452-465 (July) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar18. PageCorcoran IHAC: Arterial hypertension, its diagnosis and treatment, 2nd Ed., 1949, Yearbook Publishers, Inc., Chicago. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication December 2, 1958.From the Department of Medicine, Cornell University College of Medicine, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Louis J. Vorhaus, II, M.D., 180 East Seventy-eighth Street, New York 21, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExtrahepatic Manifestations of CirrhosisO comportam en to da pressão arterial na esquistossomose hepática e outras hepatopatiasPressor Response to Angiotensins I and II and Renin in Rats treated with Carbon TetrachlorideTHE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVERSpätfolgen der Virus-HepatitisPortal cirrhosis in alcoholic and nonalcoholic women 1 August 1959Volume 51, Issue 2Page: 290-300KeywordsAscitesBile ductsBlood pressureCirrhosisComaEdemaGallbladderHypertensionLiverLiver diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...