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'''Portal hypertension''' is elevated blood pressure in the portal circulation. | '''Portal hypertension''' is elevated blood pressure in the portal circulation. | ||
==Association== | ==General== | ||
*Clinical [[diagnosis]]. | |||
**Can be demonstrated by liver wedge pressure - normal is 1-4 mmHg.<ref name=pmid1864548>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bion | first1 = E. | last2 = Brenard | first2 = R. | last3 = Pariente | first3 = EA. | last4 = Lebrec | first4 = D. | last5 = Degott | first5 = C. | last6 = Maitre | first6 = F. | last7 = Benhamou | first7 = JP. | title = Sinusoidal portal hypertension in hepatic amyloidosis. | journal = Gut | volume = 32 | issue = 2 | pages = 227-30 | month = Feb | year = 1991 | doi = | PMID = 1864548 | PMC = 1378815 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1378815/?tool=pubmed }}</ref> | |||
===Association=== | |||
*Portal hypertensive duodenopathy.<ref name=pmid12003421>{{Cite journal | last1 = Shudo | first1 = R. | last2 = Yazaki | first2 = Y. | last3 = Sakurai | first3 = S. | last4 = Uenishi | first4 = H. | last5 = Yamada | first5 = H. | last6 = Sugawara | first6 = K. | title = Duodenal erosions, a common and distinctive feature of portal hypertensive duodenopathy. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 97 | issue = 4 | pages = 867-73 | month = Apr | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05602.x | PMID = 12003421 }}</ref> | *Portal hypertensive duodenopathy.<ref name=pmid12003421>{{Cite journal | last1 = Shudo | first1 = R. | last2 = Yazaki | first2 = Y. | last3 = Sakurai | first3 = S. | last4 = Uenishi | first4 = H. | last5 = Yamada | first5 = H. | last6 = Sugawara | first6 = K. | title = Duodenal erosions, a common and distinctive feature of portal hypertensive duodenopathy. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 97 | issue = 4 | pages = 867-73 | month = Apr | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05602.x | PMID = 12003421 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Portal hypertensive gastropathy]]. | *[[Portal hypertensive gastropathy]]. | ||