title: Endoscopic non-aggressive assessment of oesophageal variceal pressure compared with wedged hepatic venous pressure in alcoholic liver cirrhosis.
abstract: Ten alcoholic cirrhotic patients presenting with oesophageal varices underwent simultaneous measurement of wedged hepatic venous pressure and endoscopic variceal pressure. The latter was obtained by means of a pneumatic pressure gauge fixed to the tip of a gastrofibroscope. The correlation between these two parameters was highly significant.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014690:Venous Pressure