Haemodynamic assessment.
The degree of portal hypertension and its haemodynamic complications can be easily determined. However, the interpretation of these values is not entirely clear and further clinical and experimental studies are needed to explain why some patients with portal hypertension bleed from oesophageal varices while others do not.
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D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*