Reduction of portal hypertension by ganglionic blockade
| Autor: | Richard P. Huemer, John J. Cincotti |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
| Předmět: |
Liver Cirrhosis
medicine.medical_specialty Physiology Ganglionic Blockers Portal venous pressure Blood Pressure Esophageal and Gastric Varices Esophageal varices Internal medicine Hypertension Portal medicine Humans Ganglionic blocking agent business.industry Gastroenterology Blood Pressure Determination General Medicine Hepatology medicine.disease Blood pressure Anesthesia Continuous noninvasive arterial pressure Trimethaphan Portal hypertension business Spleen |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Digestive Diseases. 16:517-521 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2568 0002-9211 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02235542 |
| Popis: | The effect of the ganglionic blocking agent, trimethaphan camsylate, on the portal venous and systemic arterial blood pressure was evaluated in 58 cirrhotic patients who had esophageal varices secondary to portal hypertension. Portal venous pressure was monitored by splenic-pulp manometry. Trimethaphan induced a mean decrease of 31.0% in portal pressure and 39.3% in arterial pressure. Both decrements were highly significant (P |
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