Title | Portal Hypertension [electronic resource] : Diagnostic Imaging and Imaging-Guided Therapy / edited by P. Rossi, P. Ricci, L. Broglia |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57116-9 |
Descript | X, 342 p. online resource |
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