Title Statements
- Full title :Portal Hypertension.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2017.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Nova Science Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication:Hauppauge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (152 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781536120523, 1536120529
- oclc:ocn992580000
Table of Contents
Preface; Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis is a Consequence of Sinusoidal Wall Rigidity and Hagen-Poisseuille's Law; Abstract; Control of Blood Flow in the Normal and Cirrhotic Liver; Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Hypertension; References; Hepatic Steatosis and Portal Hypertension; Abstract; Introduction; Portal Hypertension in Nafld; 1. Intrahepatic Mechanisms; 1.1. Normal Intrahepatic Vascular Physiology; 1.2. Structural Alterations; 1.2.1. Sinusoidal Disorganization and Remodeling; 1.2.2. Angiogenesis; 1.3. Functional Alterations; 1.3.1. Vasodilation.
1.3.1.1. Nitric Oxide-Mediated Mechanisms1.3.1.2. Insulin; 1.3.2. Vasoconstriction; 1.3.2.1. Cyclooxygenase-Mediated Mechanisms; 1.3.2.2. Other Vasoconstrictive Mediators; 1.3.3. Oxidative Stress; 1.3.4. Conclusion; 2. Extrahepatic Mechanisms; 3. Clinical Implications; Conclusion; References; Unusual Manifestations of Portal Hypertension; Abstract; Portal Hypertension; Diagnosis and Treatment; Ectopic Varices; Duodenal Varices; Surgery; Primary Medical Therapy; Small Bowel and Stomal Varices; Rectal Varices; Conclusion; References; Portal Hypertension and the Kidneys; Abstract.
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