title: [Treatment and prevention of portal hypertension in patients at elderly and senile patients].
abstract: The most significant complication of cirrhosis is portal hypertension syndrome. Varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach diagnosed in 50 - 80% of patients with liver cirrhosis and complicated by hemorrhage in 30 - 50%. Course, treatment and management of patients with portal hypertension in elderly people is poorly understood.
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Koviazina
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Shaposhnikova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy