Diagnostic Methods for Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Berzigotti, Annalisa (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bosch, Jaime (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Hepatology.; Radiology.; Pathology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book provides a unique up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the most important diagnostic methods available for assessing liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. The book covers all the significant advances made in the last 10 years in HVPG and biopsy interpretation, imaging and elastograp...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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 and Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction- An Asian and Global Perspective
• Idiopathic portal hypertension
• Rendu-Osler disease and Artero-venous fistulae
• Pediatric population.