A Prognostic Strategy Based on Stage of Cirrhosis and HVPG to Improve Risk Stratification After Variceal Bleeding.

Vincenzo la MuraMarta Garcia-GuixAnnalisa BerzigottiJuan G AbraldesJoan Carles García-Pagán Càndid Villanueva Jaime Bosch

Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2020)

Restricting HVPG measurements to patients with ascites/HE and measuring HVPG response only if the patient's baseline HVPG is over 16 mm Hg improves detection of high-risk patients while markedly reducing the number of HVPG measurements required.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
case report
patient reported outcomes
fluorescent probe
living cells