The mechanism by which patients with portal hypertension develop portal hypertensive gastropathy has yet to ... free or wedged hepatic vein in hepatic cirrhosis. [22] Various studies have shown ...

Treatment for portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis is based on the use of β-blockers with or without organic nitrates; however, these agents are effective in less than 50% of patients ...

which causes portal hypertension. Decompensated cirrhosis is an advanced stage of cirrhosis that happens when scarring in the liver becomes so severe that the organ is unable to function.

Forty-six patients, 32 males and 14 females with portal hypertension and cirrhosis, were evaluated. The mean age of these patients was 48 ± 12 years (mean ± SD). In 43.5% of cases, cirrhosis ...