The systemic cardiovascular complications of cirrhosis include generalized vasodilatation manifested clinically as hypotension, decreased systemic vascular resistance, increased cardiac output and an increased rate of blood flow through the tissues (1-4); it is commonly called the hyperdynamic circu
Hyperdynamic circulation in cirrhosis: a role for nitric oxide?
β Scribed by VALLANCE, P
- Book ID
- 122376688
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 472 KB
- Volume
- 337
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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