Portal Hypertension : Causes and Complications

• Tác giả: Dmitry V Garbuzenko
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9535168843
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics
• Thông tin xuất bản: Croatia : IntechOpen, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (158 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 205830
• Chủ đề: 1. Endocrinology

Tóm tắt

Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome defined by a portal venous pressure gradient, exceeding 5 mm Hg. In this book the causes of its development and complications are described. Authors have presented personal experiences on conducting patients with various displays of portal hypertension. Moreover, the book presents modern data about molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis, the information about the original predictor of risk of bleeding from gastro-esophageal varices and new methods for their conservative treatment.