Portal Hypertension, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Dr. Herrera has created an issue that will serve as a complete update on the topic of Portal Hpertension. Content is provided from medical therapies to surgery on the patient with portal hypertension. The following important issues are addressed: Invasive and Noninvasive Methods of Measuring Portal Pressure; Primary Prophylaxis of Varceal Bleeding; Gastric and Ectopic Varices; Hepatic Hydrothorax; and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome. Readers will come away with state-of-the-art information on the topic of portal hypertension.

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Herrera, Herrera Jorge
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2014
• EAN: 9780323297110
• ISBN: 978-0-323-29711-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 15 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Hepatology, MEDICAL / Hepatology