Pathophysiology and management of portal hypertension. 1: Variceal haemorrhage.

Br J Hosp Med

Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Published: November 1997

Portal hypertension occurs secondary to a combination of increased resistance to portal venous flow and increased splanchnic inflow to the portal venous system. The main clinical complication is gastrooesophageal haemorrhage from which mortality remains high at approximately 40%.

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