Hepatic venous pressure gradient
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Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement is a safe and minimally invasive method to indirectly measure portal vein pressure in chronic liver disease patients suspected of developing portal vein hypertension.
Indications
- diagnosis of liver fibrosis and risk stratification
- identification of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who are candidates for liver resection
- monitoring of the efficacy of medical treatment for portal
venoushypertension - assessment of progression of portal hypertension
-<p><strong>Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement </strong>is a safe and minimally invasive method to indirectly measure portal vein pressure in chronic liver disease patients suspected of developing portal vein hypertension. </p><p>Indications</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement </strong>is a safe and minimally invasive method to indirectly measure <a href="/articles/portal-vein">portal vein</a> pressure in chronic liver disease patients suspected of developing <a href="/articles/portal-hypertension">portal vein hypertension</a>. </p><h4>Indications</h4><ul>
-<li>identification of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who are candidates for liver resection</li>-<li>monitoring of the efficacy of medical treatment for portal venous hypertension</li>- +<li>identification of patients with <a href="/articles/hepatocellular-carcinoma">hepatocellular carcinoma</a> who are candidates for liver resection</li>
- +<li>monitoring of the efficacy of medical treatment for portal hypertension</li>
Sections changed:
- Interventional Radiology
Systems changed:
- Hepatobiliary
- Vascular
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