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The extent of the collateral circulation influences the postprandial increase in portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis

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dc.creator Albillos, Agustín
dc.creator Bañares, Rafael
dc.creator González, Mónica
dc.creator Catalina, Maria Vega
dc.creator Pastor, Oscar
dc.creator González, Rosario
dc.creator Ripoll, Cristina
dc.creator Bosch i Genover, Jaume
dc.date 2011-07-07T12:30:44Z
dc.date 2011-07-07T12:30:44Z
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:27:16Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:27:16Z
dc.identifier 0017-5749
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/18666
dc.identifier 567012
dc.identifier 16837532
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/22155
dc.description Background: In cirrhosis, repeated flares of portal pressure and collateral blood flow provoked by postprandial hyperaemia may contribute to variceal dilation and rupture. Aim: To examine the effect of the extent of the collateral circulation on the postprandial increase in portal pressure observed in cirrhosis. Patients and methods: The hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), hepatic blood flow and azygos blood flow were measured in 64 patients with cirrhosis before and after a standard liquid meal. Results: Peak increases in HVPG (median+14.9%), hepatic blood flow (median+25.4%), and azygos blood flow (median+32.2%) occurred at 30 min after the meal. Compared with patients with marked postprandial increase in HVPG (above the median, n¿=¿32), those showing mild (<15%, n¿=¿32) increase in HVPG had a higher baseline azygos flow (p<0.01) and underwent a greater postprandial increase in azygos flow (p<0.02). Hepatic blood flow increased similarly in both groups. Postprandial increases in HVPG were inversely correlated (p<0.001) with both baseline azygos flow (r¿=¿¿0.69) and its postprandial increase (r¿=¿¿0.72). Food intake increased nitric oxide products in the azygos (p<0.01), but not in the hepatic vein. Large varices (p<0.01) and previous variceal bleeding (p<0.001) were more frequent in patients with mild increase in HVPG. Conclusions: Postprandial hyperaemia simultaneously increases HVPG and collateral flow. The extent of the collateral circulation determines the HVPG response to food intake. Patients with extensive collateralisation show less pronounced postprandial increases in HVPG, but associated with marked flares in collateral flow. Collateral vessels preserve their ability to dilate in response to increased blood flow.
dc.format 6 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher BMJ Group
dc.relation Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2006.095240
dc.relation Gut, 2007, vol. 56, núm. 2, p. 259-264
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2006.095240
dc.rights (c) BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology, 2006
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina)
dc.subject Cirrosi hepàtica
dc.subject Hipertensió portal
dc.subject Hepatic cirrhosis
dc.subject Portal hypertension
dc.title The extent of the collateral circulation influences the postprandial increase in portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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