2014
Prognostic Factors in Compensated and Decompensated Cirrhosis
Ripoll C, Zipprich A, Garcia-Tsao G. Prognostic Factors in Compensated and Decompensated Cirrhosis. Current Hepatology Reports 2014, 13: 171-179. DOI: 10.1007/s11901-014-0234-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatic venous pressure gradientPortal hypertensionPredictive factorsSignificant portal hypertensionSpecific predictive factorsVenous pressure gradientSerum albumin levelAlternative non-invasive methodDecompensated diseaseMELD scoreClinical decompensationFurther decompensationAlbumin levelsPrognostic factorsNon-invasive methodCirrhosisInvasive proceduresDecompensationDeathHypertensionNumber of studiesImportant predictorChildren's scoresRecent studiesScores
2006
Portal hypertension
Garcia-Tsao G. Portal hypertension. Current Opinion In Internal Medicine 2006, 5: 399-407. DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000218962.93806.9a.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPortal hypertensionVariceal bleedingTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntRecurrent variceal bleedingLarge-volume paracentesisSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisEndoscopic variceal ligationIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntHepatorenal syndromeRefractory ascitesBacterial peritonitisVariceal ligationSpecific complicationsPortosystemic shuntHypertensionΒ-blockersComplicationsTrialsBleedingVaricesAscitesDiagnosisRecent findingsRecent studiesCirrhosis