Assessing portal hypertension in liver diseases.

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Published in Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol on February 01, 2013

Authors

Annalisa Berzigotti1, Susana Seijo, Enric Reverter, Jaime Bosch

Author Affiliations

1: Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic - Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Associated clinical trials:

Virtual Imaging-based Prediction of Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient (VIP-HVPG) | NCT02842697

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