Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis as a Consequence of Sinusoidal Wall Rigidity and Hagen-Poisseuille’s Law
Gerond Lake-Bakaar, MD, PhD (Liver Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 2. Hepatic Steatosis and Portal Hypertension
Denise van der Graaff, MD, Wilhelmus J. Kwanten, MD and Sven M. Francque, MD, PhD (Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium, and others)
Chapter 3. Unusual Manifestations of Portal Hypertension
Lisa A. Miller, MD, David G. Schutter, MD, and Leandra H. Burke (Department of General Surgery, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA)
Chapter 4. Portal Hypertension and the Kidneys
Philippe Gauthier, MD (Transplant Center, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, CO, USA)
Chapter 5. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Portal Hypertension
Aliya G. Hasan, MD (Digestive Health, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA)
Chapter 6. Idiopathic Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension
Maryann Huang, MD (Transplant Center, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA)
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