Measurement of hepatic venous pressure gradient revisited: Catheter wedge vs balloon wedge techniques

Aims: To evaluate the accuracy of measurement of hepatic venous pressure gradient by catheter wedge as compared to balloon wedge (the gold standard). Materials and Methods: Forty-five patients having a clinical diagnosis of intrahepatic portal hypertension were subjected to the two different types o...

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Main Authors: S Timothy Chelliah, Shyamkumar N Keshava, Vinu Moses, Narayanam RS Surendrababu, Uday George Zachariah, CE Eapen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.90693