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Circadian variations of portal pressure and variceal hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis

✍ Scribed by Joan C. García-Pagán; Faust Feu; Antoni Castells; Angelo Luca; Ramón C. Hermida; Francisca Rivera; Jaume Bosch; Joan Rodés

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
653 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-9139

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✦ Synopsis

This study was aimed at investigating whether portal pressure, which is usually measured in the morning, is subject to circadian variations in patients with cirrhosis. Furthermore, a possible circadian variation for the occurrence of variceal bleeding was also investigated. Ten patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and portal hypertension had serial measurements of portal pressure, evaluated by the hepatic venous pressure gradient (the difference between wedged and free hepatic venous pressures), during a 24-hr period. In addition, a eurvey of the hour of occurrence of variceal hemorrhage was performed in 101 consecutive cirrhotic patients with hematemesis, in whom the precise moment of onset of bleeding could be determined, and the origin of bleeding was confirmed by emergency endoscopy. Statistical evaluation with the population-mean cosinor method allowed detection of a circadian variation in portal pressure. Portal pressure progressively declined during the afternoon and evening (from 17.9 k 5.3 mm Hg at 12 PM to a nadir of 16.8 f 4.9 mm Hg at 7 PM (p < 0.05). Thereafter, portal pressure increased during the night, returning to baseline values at 9 AM (18.1 * 5.1 mm Hg). The acrophase was at 8:32 AM ( * 100 min) with an amplitude of 3.45 k 1.1 (% of mean r+ S.E.) (rhythm detection: p < 0.03). Similarly, the analysis of the time of occurrence of variceal hemorrhage with the use of a multiple-components rhythmometry test disclosed two peaks in the prevalence of esophageal bleeding. The more pronounced peak (orthophase) occurred at 10:44 PM, when portal pressure started to increase, and the second peak occurred at 9: 12 AM, close to the acrophase value of portal pressure. This study shows that in patients with cirrhosis, portal pressure exhibits a

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