Diagnostic Methods for Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
Diagnostic Methods for Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
The final part of the book is devoted to diagnostic tests in non-cirrhotic causes of portal hypertension (Budd-Chiari Syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, idiopathic portal hypertension, etc), and in pediatric portal hypertension.
Written by a team of worldwide opinion leaders this book pays special attention to the most promising novel non-invasive methods in the field.
Introduction.- Cirrhosis and portal hypertension: natural history and prognosis.-Part I:Gold-standard invasive diagnostic methods
Liver Biopsy.- Hepatic venous pressure measurement.- Endoscopy.- Part 2: non-invasive diagnostic methods.- Non-invasive serum markers of fibrosis
Ultrasound elastography: general and technical overview
Liver stiffness by ultrasound (transient) elastography.- Spleen stiffness by ultrasound elastography
Magnetic resonance elastography.- Imaging: ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound.- Subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE)
Endoscopic ultrasound
Computerised Tomography.- Magnetic resonance imaging (including dynamic flow assessment).- Part 3: invasive and non-invasive diagnostic methods in special conditions Budd-Chiari Syndrome.- Portal vein thrombosis andExtrahepatic portal vein obstruction- An Asian and Global Perspective.- Idiopathic portal hypertension
Rendu-Osler disease and Artero-venous fistulae.- Pediatric population.
Berzigotti, Annalisa
Bosch, Jaime
ISBN | 978-3-030-10239-5 |
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Artikelnummer | 9783030102395 |
Medientyp | Buch |
Auflage | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 |
Copyrightjahr | 2019 |
Verlag | Springer, Berlin |
Umfang | VIII, 341 Seiten |
Abbildungen | VIII, 341 p. 65 illus., 53 illus. in color. |
Sprache | Englisch |