Nonselective beta-blockers and hepatic venous pressure gradient monitoring: what lies behind nonresponse

Gastroenterology. 2008 May;134(5):1626-7; author reply 1627-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.03.065.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / physiopathology
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / prevention & control*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications
  • Liver Cirrhosis / drug therapy*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / physiopathology
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Pressure / drug effects
  • Venous Pressure / physiology*

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists