Healio

SVR reduces hepatic venous pressure gradient, portal hypertension persists

Following SVR, 140 patients had a hepatic venous pressure gradient reduction of 10% or more from baseline and 90 patients had a reduction of 20% or more, while 176 patients had persistent clinically ...
News Medical

Study highlights the need for liver cirrhosis patients to be educated on hepatic venous pressure gradient

Just like the hypertension that people develop when their blood pressure increases, the increase of blood pressure in the main vein that supplies blood to the liver, called the portal vein, is also a ...
Medscape

Beta Blockers Ameliorate GI Permeability in Cirrhosis

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — Nonselective beta-blocker therapy improves gastrointestinal permeability and decreases intestinal bacterial translocation in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices ...
Indiatimes

HPVG test for liver pressure helps KGMU docs diagnose disease, plan treatment

Lucknow: Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), special medical test to gauge pressure inside liver, was performed for the first time at KGMU. HVPG is an important test used across the world to ...
EurekAlert!

Liver cirrhosis patients need to be educated on hepatic venous pressure gradient, reports a portal hypertension & cirrhosis study

Just like the hypertension that people develop when their blood pressure increases, the increase of blood pressure in the main vein that supplies blood to the liver, called the portal vein, is also a ...