title: Ultrasound in portal hypertension--part 1.
authors.affiliation: Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain. aberzigo@clinic.ub.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berzigotti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscaglia
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization; D015984:Causality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015996:Survival Rate; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D014690:Venous Pressure