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8301048

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred and fifty cirrhotic patients with or without esophageal varices and/or gastric varices were investigated by endoscopy and hepatic venous catheterization to evaluate differences in the degree of portal hypertension, main portal venous diameter and frequency of portal systemic encephalopathy. Hemodynamic values were correlated with varices size as assessed by endoscopy. Patients with large gastric varices had wedged hepatic venous pressures and hepatic venous pressure gradients which were lower than patients with esophageal varices only, but similar to patients without varices. In addition, in patients with large gastric varices, a decrease in the diameter of the main portal vein and an increase in the incidence of chronic portal systemic encephalopathy were noted. Our results implied that patients with large gastric varices presented different hemodynamic features including the degree of portal hypertension and the incidence of portal systemic encephalopathy from patients with esophageal varices only.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0168-8278
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatic hemodynamic features in patients with esophageal or gastric varices.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't