Workshop 1: Portal hypertension
ABDOMINAL • 30m
Portal hypertension is a common clinical syndrome, characterised by an increase in portal venous pressure. However, direct portal venous pressure is only measured in a minority of patients, and gastroenterologists and interventional radiologists are seeking non-invasive assessment tests of this growing patient group.
This talk discusses the merits and the limitations of diagnosing portal hypertension and the subsequent monitoring of TIPSS with ultrasound.
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