title: Diagnosis of portal hypertensive gastropathy.
abstract: Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a relatively recently described entity that is an important cause of bleeding in portal hypertension. This article focuses on the endoscopic diagnosis of portal hypertensive gastropathy, including a review of different proposed scoring systems, and briefly examines the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of portal hypertensive gastropathy.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary Liver Unit, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelly W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Burak
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Beck