Portal hypertension is the central driver of complications in patients with chronic liver
diseases and cirrhosis. The diagnosis of portal hypertension has important prognostic and …

Severe portal hypertension is responsible for complications and death. Although
measurement of the hepatic venous pressure gradient is the most accurate method for …

Introduction: The gold standard to assess the presence and severity of portal hypertension
remains the hepatic vein pressure gradient, however the recent development of non …

Background & Aims Detecting portal hypertension (PH) before the development of varices is
important for prognosis and for designing interventional studies. None of the available …

Portal hypertension (PH) is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in
patients with chronic liver disease. PH measurement is crucial to stage and predict the …

Portal hypertension (PH) is a major complication of liver cirrhosis, as it predisposes to the
development of serious clinical manifestations such as ascites, hepatic encephalopathy and …

One of the major complications of cirrhosis is the occurrence of portal hypertension and
esophageal varices. At present, universal endoscopic screening of esophageal varices is …

Portal hypertension is the main driver of complications in patients with advanced chronic
liver disease (ACLD) and is defined by values of hepatic venous pressure gradient …

Portal hypertension is a serious symptom of chronic liver diseases, which can lead to many
critical complications, such as the formation of varices related to upper digestive bleeding …

Clinically significant portal hypertension is associated with an increased risk of developing
gastro-oesophageal varices and hepatic decompensation. Hepatic venous pressure …