title: When the spleen gets tough, the varices get going.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castéra
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García-Tsao
mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*