The study of hepatic hemodynamics: research activity or clinical tool?
Portal hypertension is a progressive complication of cirrhosis. Therefore, the management of a patient with cirrhosis and gastrointestinal bleeding depends largely on the stage of the portal hypertension. The patient may be in the pre-variceal stage or present with acute variceal bleeding, in which...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-04-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/209 |