Interventional procedures in hepatobiliary diseases. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Andrés Cárdenas, Paul J. Thuluvath.
• Editors: Cárdenas, Andrés; Thuluvath, Paul J
• Contents: Front Cover; Interventional Proceduresin Hepatobiliary Diseases; Copyright; Contributors; Contents; Clinics In Liver Disease; Preface; Transjugular Liver Biopsy; Key points; Introduction: nature of the problem; Indications/Contraindications; Technique/Procedure; Preparation; Necessary Material; Position; Approach; Technique/Procedure (Detail Steps); Complications and management; Sample quality and clinical implications (if procedure is used for diagnostic purposes); Sample Quality; Clinical Implications; Current controversies/future considerations; Summary; References. Measurement of Portal PressureKey points; Introduction; Hepatic venous pressure gradient; Rationale; The Procedure; Complications; Contraindications; Associated Procedures; Reporting; Follow-up; Applications of HVPG measurement; Diagnosis of Portal Hypertension; Classification of Portal Hypertension; Assessment of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Cirrhosis; Risk prediction in cirrhosis; Risk prediction in viral hepatitis; Alcoholic hepatitis; HVPG and liver transplantation; HVPG and hepatocellular carcinoma; Assessment of the response to pharmacologic therapy to decrease portal pressure. Assessment of new therapeutic agentsSummary; Acknowledgments; References; Endoscopic Band Ligation and Esophageal Stents for Acute Variceal Bleeding; Key points; Natural history/diagnosis; General management; Hemostatic therapies; Splanchnic Vasoconstrictors; Endoscopic Therapy; EBL; Esophageal stents; Failure to Control Bleeding; Summary; Supplementary data; References; Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Varices; Key points; Introduction; Classification of gastric varices; Primary and Secondary GV; Hemodynamic features and relevant vascular anatomy; Segmental/Sinistral PHT; Management. Primary ProphylaxisRisk Factors for GV Hemorrhage; Management of Acute GV Bleeding; Medical Management; Vasoactive drugs; Balloon Tamponade; Endoscopic Therapies; GV Sclerotherapy; GV Obturation; GV Band Ligation; Thrombin; Combined Endoscopic Therapy; EUS-guided Treatment; Radiologic interventions; Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts; BRTO; Secondary prophylaxis; Medical Therapies; Endoscopic Therapies; Interventional Radiologic Approach; Partial Splenic Embolization; Summary; References; Endovascular Management of Gastric Varices; Key points; Introduction. Anatomy, definitions, and classificationsThe BRTO procedure; Outcomes of BRTO-only for the management of gastric varices in Asian institutions; Outcomes of BRTO-only for the management of gastric varices in american institutions; Outcomes of TIPS-only for the management of gastric varices; Outcomes of combining TIPS with BRTO for the management of gastric varices; Summary; References; Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt; Key points; Introduction; Indications for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation; Primary Prevention of Variceal Hemorrhage; Acute Variceal Bleeding.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.3/62; Hepatology; Liver -- Diseases; Liver -- Endoscopic surgery; Endoscopy; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323326599; 0323326595
• Related ISBNs: 9780323326582
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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