Progress in the research on hemodynamics of portal hypertension
Shen, F.; Yan, Z.; Zhang, W.
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 20(2): 332-335
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5515 PMID: 12856613 Document Number: 559706
Portal hypertension (PHT), as a disease with high incidence all over the world, badly affects the patients' health. The research on hemodynamics plays an important role in exploring the pathogenesis of PHT, assessing the risk of hemorrhage induced by the complications, selecting the scheme and time of surgical operations as well as evaluating the curative effects of medication. In this article, the main factors in the pathogeny of PHT are reviewed and the surgical treatments are discussed from the hemodynamic viewpoint. Then some recent results in the hemodynamic research of PHT are summarized. In addition, main ideas are put forward as to establishing a new global biomechanical model of PHT.