Haytham Abdallah Katamish

Comparative study between endoscopic band ligation versus propranolol versus carvedilol for primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding / مقارنة بين ربط دوالى المرئ وعقار البروبرانولول وعقار الكارفيديلول فى الوقاية الاولية من نزيف دوالى المرئ Haytham Abdallah Katamish ; Supervised Ayman Yousry Abdelraheem , Rabab Fouad Emam , Moataz Serry Syam - Cairo : Haytham Abdallah Katamish , 2013 - 172 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine

Portal hypertension is one of the most significant complications of both acute and chronic liver diseases. it generally develops as a result of an increase in vascular resistance at the pre-hepatic, intra-hepatic, or post-hepatic level. An increase in portal blood flow may also contribute. The dominat cause of portal hypertension relates to liver cirrhosis which increase resistance through the hepatic sinusoid



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