Cirrhotic patients with large esophageal varices and older age have poor hemodynamic response to terlipressin

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Aug;27(8):981-3. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000377.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnosis
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / drug therapy*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / drug therapy*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnosis
  • Liver Cirrhosis / physiopathology
  • Lypressin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Lypressin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Terlipressin
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vasoconstriction / drug effects*
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Vasoconstrictor Agents
  • Lypressin
  • Terlipressin