Portal Hypertension

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension. Detailed consideration is given especially to the newest diagnostic techniques that offer both morphological and functional information. Medical, endoscopic, surgical, and radiological treatments are all discussed in depth to provide the reader with a sound basis for therapeutic decision making.

Comprehensive coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension Newest diagnostic techniques are considered Medical, endoscopic, surgical, and radiological treatments are discussed in depths Written by internationally recognized experts in the field Provides a sound basis for therapeutic decision making

Inhalt
Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension.- The Clinical Course of Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis.- Historical Review of Initial Experience in the Imaging and Pathophysiological Evaluation of Portal Hypertension.- Angiography and Radiological Anatomy of the Portal System.- Surgical Anatomy of the Portal System.- Doppler Ultrasound in Portal Hypertension.- Color Doppler of Portal Hypertension: A Pictorial Essay.- Computed Tomography in Portal Hypertension.- Value of Multi-Detector Array CT in the Assessment of Portal Hypertension.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Portal System.- MR Quantification of Portal Venous Flow.- Portal Pressure Measurement.- Medical Therapy of Portal Hypertension.- Endoscopic Treatment.- Surgical Therapy of Portal Hypertension: Porta- and Meso-caval Shunts.- The Distal Splenorenal Shunt.- Transmesenteric Method of Intrahepatic Portosystemie Shunt Placement: tm TIPS.- TIPS: Historical Background and Technique.- TIPS: Complications.- Transjugular Intrahepatic Shunt Stenosis and Thrombosis: Shunt Biology and Stent -Grafts.- TIPS: Portal Thrombosis.- TIPS in Egyptian Hepatic Schistosomiasis.- Histologic Findings in Transjugular Intrahepatie Portosystemic Shunts Stenosis.- TIPS Follow-up: Color Doppler.- Long-Term Outcome of TIPS.- TIPS: Refractory Ascites and Encephalopathy.- TIPS: Covered Stents and Long-Term Results.- TIPS: Percutaneous Retroperitoneal Spie no renal Shunt (PRESS).- Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Transjugular Intrahepatie Portosystemic Shunt for the Prevention of Rebleeding in Patients with Cirrhosis.- List of Contributors.