This book, written by globally acknowledged professionals in the field, provides a comprehensive protection of the medical diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension. Comprehensive consideration is provided to the latest diagnostic techniques, such as color Doppler and magnetic resonance that have the ability to offer both morphological and practical information. Medical, endoscopic, surgical, and radiological treatments are talked about in terms of indications, strategies, complications and long-lasting outcomes, consequently supplying the reader with an overview of the therapeutic alternatives and a sound basis for their selection. This volume will act as an important source of updated information for all with an interest in the topic. TOC: Pathophysiology; Clinical Course in Liver Cirrhosis; Historic Review of Initial Experience in the Imaging and Pathophysiological Evaluation; Angiography and Radiological Anatomy; Vascular Anatomy; Doppler Ultrasound; Color Doppler; CT; Worth of Multi-Detector Range CT in the Evaluation of Website High Blood Pressure; Magnetic Resonance; MR Metrology of Website Venous Flow; Website Pressure Measurement; Medical Therapy; Endoscopic Treatment; Surgical Treatment: Port- and Meso-Caval Shunts; Distal Spleno Kidney Shunt; Transmesenteric Method of Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement: tm POINTERS; IDEAS: Historical Background and Techniques; TIPS: Problems; Transjugular Intrahepatic Shunt Stenosis and Thrombosis: Shunt Biology and Stent-Grafts; IDEAS: Portal Thrombosis; TIPS in Egyptian Hepatic Schistosomiasis; Histological Findings in Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts Stenosis; TIPS Follow-up: Color Doppler; plus 5 more chapters, Topic Index and List of Contributors.
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