2014
Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension
Iwakiri Y. Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension. Clinics In Liver Disease 2014, 18: 281-291. PMID: 24679494, PMCID: PMC3971388, DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2013.12.001.BooksConceptsPortal hypertensionBlood flowHyperdynamic circulatory syndromeIntrahepatic vascular resistancePortal blood flowVascular resistanceArterial vasodilationCirculatory syndromeEsophageal varicesLiver cirrhosisMajor complicationsLiver diseaseCollateral vesselsPortal circulationSystemic circulationHypertensionPathologic conditionsClinical researchCirrhosisVaricesVasodilationAscitesComplicationsPathophysiologySyndrome
2013
Carvedilol for preventing recurrent variceal bleeding: Waiting for convincing evidence
Bosch J, Groszmann R, Iwakiri Y, Taddei T. Carvedilol for preventing recurrent variceal bleeding: Waiting for convincing evidence. Hepatology 2013, 57: 1665-1667. PMID: 23359118, DOI: 10.1002/hep.26279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCarvedilol groupSevere adverse eventsVariceal bleedingAdverse eventsVariceal rebleedingRecurrent bleedingI groupControl of acute esophageal variceal bleedingPrevention of gastroesophageal variceal rebleedingPreventing recurrent variceal bleedingAcute esophageal variceal bleedingDecrease portal pressureRecurrent upper gastrointestinal bleedingRecurrent variceal bleedingEsophageal variceal bleedingUpper gastrointestinal bleedingMedian followEsophageal varicesGastric varicesPortal pressureGastrointestinal bleedingIsosorbide mononitrateBleedingCarvedilolPatients