Edited by
ARUN J. SANYAL
VIJAY H. SHAH

2005

PATHOBIOLOGY, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT

The past several years have seen a logarithmic increase in progress in the field of portal hypertension, both in clinical management as well as in pathobiology. For example, the implementation of beta-blockers in the primary and secondary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage and the establishment of endoscopic variceal band ligation in the management of acute variceal hemorrhage have become mainstays of clinical management of patients with portal hypertension.