The mechanism by which patients with portal hypertension develop portal hypertensive ... of the free or wedged hepatic vein in hepatic cirrhosis. [22] Various studies have shown that the ...

Forty-six patients, 32 males and 14 females with portal hypertension and cirrhosis, were evaluated. The mean age of these patients was 48 ± 12 years (mean ± SD). In 43.5% of cases, cirrhosis ...

Portal hypertension is a life-threatening complication of cirrhosis and results in the development of esophagogastric varices and/or portal hypertensive gastropathy and subsequent bleeding ...

Treatment for portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis is based on the use of β-blockers with or without organic nitrates; however, these agents are effective in less than 50% of patients ...