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This book, the seventh in a series of proceedings volumes that began in 1995, reviews the latest developments in the diagnosis and management of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. It addresses a broad range of topics, including: risk stratification, HVPG, non-invasive surrogates for cACLD, CSPH, varices, progression and regression of cirrhosis, impact of etiological therapy on cirrhosis, impact of non-etiological novel therapies on cirrhosis, prevention of first/further decompensation, acute variceal hemorrhage, and Vascular Liver Disorders in Cirrhosis (VALDIG).
The book is a compilation
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Produktbeschreibung
This book, the seventh in a series of proceedings volumes that began in 1995, reviews the latest developments in the diagnosis and management of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. It addresses a broad range of topics, including: risk stratification, HVPG, non-invasive surrogates for cACLD, CSPH, varices, progression and regression of cirrhosis, impact of etiological therapy on cirrhosis, impact of non-etiological novel therapies on cirrhosis, prevention of first/further decompensation, acute variceal hemorrhage, and Vascular Liver Disorders in Cirrhosis (VALDIG).

The book is a compilation of lectures and important consensus statements from the Seventh Baveno International Consensus Workshop on Portal Hypertension, the latest in a series of workshops held every five years for hepatologists with an interest in the field.

Portal Hypertension VII offers a valuable reference guide for clinical and research fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology and will inspire new research projects in the promising areas identified by the experts of the Baveno VII Faculty.

Autorenporträt
Roberto de Franchis is an Emeritus Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Milan and a Senior Consultant at the Unità Operativa di Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva at Istituto di Cura Città di Pavia, Pavia, Milan, Italy. He has published widely in the fields of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in major medical and hepatology journals. Every five years since 1990 he has organized the International Consensus Workshop on Definitions, Methodology, and Therapeutic Strategies in Portal Hypertension in Baveno, Italy. He is an elected Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association and a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, of the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Fegato, and of the Società Italiana di Gastroenterologia. Dr. De Franchis is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Digestive and Liver Disease. He is the Co-Founder of ECCO: European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization, and received the 2015 EASL Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Hepatology.