Use of noninvasive markers of portal hypertension and timing of screening endoscopy for gastroesophageal varices in patients with chronic liver disease

Hepatology. 2014 Feb;59(2):729-31. doi: 10.1002/hep.26652. Epub 2013 Dec 24.

Authors

Annalisa Berzigotti¹, Jaime Bosch, Thomas D Boyer

Affiliation

¹ Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 23913844
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26652

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Elasticity Imaging Techniques / methods*
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnosis*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Portal / etiology
Liver / physiopathology
Liver Diseases / complications*
Liver Diseases / physiopathology
Middle Aged
Platelet Count / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spleen / diagnostic imaging*
Time Factors