Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

it has been found that additional α-adrenergic blockade with carvedilol may increase the number of patients with hemodynamic responses resulting in a reduction in hepatic venous pressure gradient ...

Serum glucagon levels were found to correlate significantly with SVRI, Child-Pugh classification and hepatic venous pressure gradient, thereby corroborating the hypothesis of an association ...