In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications
Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement is an important technique in diagnosis, prognosis and management of portal hypertension. The technique and indications have come a long way and currently, many centres perform this test safely and reliably. Even though the literature provides insight...
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| description | Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement is
an important technique in diagnosis, prognosis and
management of portal hypertension. The technique
and indications have come a long way and currently,
many centres perform this test safely and reliably. Even
though the literature provides insights into hepatic venous
pressure gradient measurement, a pictorial representation
of the same seems to be lacking. In this pictorial review,
we describe the indications, technique, complications and
inadvertent mistakes in hepatic venous pressure gradient
measurement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4362431b44f848e4850a443afb9594612022-12-22T01:49:28ZengJCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery2277-85432455-68742017-04-0162RR01RR0410.7860/IJARS/2017/25852:2264In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and ComplicationsCyriac Abby Philips0Consultant and Associate Director, Department of Hepatology and Transplant Medicine, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, Kochi, Kerala, India.Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement is an important technique in diagnosis, prognosis and management of portal hypertension. The technique and indications have come a long way and currently, many centres perform this test safely and reliably. Even though the literature provides insights into hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement, a pictorial representation of the same seems to be lacking. In this pictorial review, we describe the indications, technique, complications and inadvertent mistakes in hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement.http://www.ijars.net/articles/PDF/2264/25852_CE[VSU]_F(GH)_PF1(VsuGH)_PFA(GH)_PF2(VsuGH).pdfcirrhosisesophageal varicesportal hypertension |
| spellingShingle | Cyriac Abby Philips In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery cirrhosis esophageal varices portal hypertension |
| title | In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications |
| title_full | In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications |
| title_fullStr | In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications |
| title_short | In Pictures: Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient - Indications, Technique and Complications |
| title_sort | in pictures hepatic venous pressure gradient indications technique and complications |
| topic | cirrhosis esophageal varices portal hypertension |
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