This study was performed to examine the relationships between portal pressure
measurements and the presence of esophagogastric varices, the size of varices and the …

This Practice Guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
(AASLD) intends to coalesce best practice recommendations for the identification of portal …

We studied the relationship between the degree of portal hypertension measured by the
gradient between wedged and free hepatic venous pressures, the size of esophageal …

The diameters of the portal, splenic, superior mesenteric, and coronary veins were
measured during umbilicoportal venography in 64 cirrhotic patients with or without portal …

We compared the estimation of hepatic blood flow obtained using a continuous infusion of
indocyanine green with that obtained after a single intravenous injection of indocyanine …

It is controversial whether the occurrence of ascites and gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis
is related to the severity of portal hypertension. Portal pressure was examined in 124 …

An elevated hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) has been associated with risk of
variceal bleeding, and outcome and survival after variceal bleeding. In this pilot study, we …

With a sensitivity of 90%, conventional enzymatic liver function tests are sufficient for
screening of liver disease, although specificity is low. The value of the quantitative function …

The prevalence of gastroesophageal varices and gastrointestinal hemorrhage was
determined in 124 patients with severe chronic active liver disease (CALD) receiving …

The extrahepatic uptake of 99m Tc-phytate was evaluated using scintigrams in 47 patients,
including 37 patients with cirrhosis, 7 with presinusoidal portal hypertension, and 3 with …