RELATION BETWEEN PORTAL PRESSURE RESPONSE TO PHARMACOTHERAPY AND RISK OF RECURRENT VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS
RELATION BETWEEN PORTAL PRESSURE RESPONSE TO PHARMACOTHERAPY AND RISK OF RECURRENT VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91740-3
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发表时间:
1995-10-21
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影响因子:
168.9
通讯作者:
RODES, J
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FEU, F;GARCIAPAGAN, JC;RODES, J
In patients with variceal bleeding as a complication of hepatic cirrhosis, propranolol therapy reduces the risk of recurrent variceal haemorrhage. However, the relation between portal pressure response to pharmacological treatment and clinical events has not been well defined. This relation was prospectively investigated in 69 cirrhotic patients receiving continued propranolol therapy after an episode of variceal bleeding. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) was measured before and at 3 months of continued drug therapy.At 3 months HVPG had fallen by 20% or more in 25 patients. During follow-up of 28 (SD 17) months rebleeding occurred in 2 of these 25 patients compared with 23 of 44 who had lesser reductions in HVPG. Cumulative probability of rebleeding at 1, 2, and 3 years was 4%, 9%, and 9% in patients with a decrease in HVPG greater than or equal to 20%,and 28%, 39%, and 66% in patients with a decrease in HVPG