Evaluation Of The Portal Pressure By Doppler Ultrasound In Cirrhotic Patients Before And After Simvastatin

Summary

Portal hypertension is not a disease in itself. Rather, it is an indication of an illness, caused mostly by chronic lesions of the liver because of distinct causes, such as viral infection, chronic alcoholism, or metabolic disorders. Other reasons include splanchnic vascular diseases (for example, obstruction of the portal or the hepatic veins). Portal hypertension is defined as a pressure in the portal vein exceeding the vena cava pressure by more than 5 mm Hg.

Timeline

Start

2016-10

Primary completion

2018-02

Completion

2018-02

Publications

• Elwan N, Salah R, Hamisa M, Shady E, Hawash N, Abd-Elsalam S. Evaluation of portal pressure by doppler ultrasound in patients with cirrhosis before and after simvastatin administration - a randomized controlled trial. F1000Res. 2018 Mar 1;7:256. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.13915.1. eCollection 2018.

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