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Study highlights the need for liver cirrhosis patients to be educated on hepatic venous pressure gradient

Just like the hypertension that people develop when their blood pressure increases, the increase of blood pressure in the main vein that supplies blood to the liver, called the portal vein, is also a ...
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How accurate is liver and spleen stiffness measured by different elastography techniques in diagnosing clinically significant portal hypertension?

While liver stiffness measurement by vibration-controlled transient elastography with a 25 kPa threshold might detect CSPH, the overall low quality of the studies means that these results are not very ...
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Liver stiffness indicates portal hypertension

Measuring liver stiffness using transient elastography can predict severe portal hypertension in patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis, according to a new study in the May issue of Hepatology, ...
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Combo Falls Short for Venous Pressure Reduction in Cirrhosis

Adding dapagliflozin (dapa) to the endothelin A receptor antagonist zibotentan (zibo) did not reduce hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) or fluid retention in patients with compensated or ...
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Beta Blockers Ameliorate GI Permeability in Cirrhosis

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — Nonselective beta-blocker therapy improves gastrointestinal permeability and decreases intestinal bacterial translocation in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices ...
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Liver cirrhosis patients need to be educated on hepatic venous pressure gradient, reports a portal hypertension & cirrhosis study

Just like the hypertension that people develop when their blood pressure increases, the increase of blood pressure in the main vein that supplies blood to the liver, called the portal vein, is also a ...