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Management of Portal Hypertension

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A 37-year-old woman with a history of hepatitis C, cirrhosis and oesophageal varices presented with haematemesis and melaena. The patient had an episode of oesophageal variceal bleeding 7 years ago, which required transfusion of 11 units of PRBC and had responded to sclerotherapy. She was placed on nadolol at that time.

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  1. C. J. Campbell
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital and Ealing Hospital, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  2. University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Hero van Urk MD, PhD, FRCS (Professor of Vascular Surgery) (Professor of Vascular Surgery)

  3. Division of Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Robert W. Hobson II MD (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director) (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director)

  4. Section of Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Vascular Associates, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Keith D. Calligaro MD (Chief) (Chief)

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Campbell, C.J., Henderson, J.M. (2003). Management of Portal Hypertension. In: Geroulakos, G., van Urk, H., Hobson, R.W., Calligaro, K.D. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3870-9_30

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