## Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in gallbladder contractility by measuring gallbladder wall thickness, fasting and residual gallbladder volume, and gallbladder ejection fraction in patients with cirrhotic and malignant ascites. ## Methods: Twenty-four patients (16 wom
Increased cerebrovascular resistance in cirrhotic patients with ascites
✍ Scribed by Mónica Guevara; Concepción Bru; Pere Ginès; Gloria Fernández-Esparrach; Pau Sort; Ramón Bataller; Wladimiro Jiménez; Vicente Arroyo; Juan Rodés
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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This study was supported in part by the Fondo de Investigationes Sanitarias de la Seguridad Social (FISS 91/0374) and Fundacio Catalana per a 1'Estudi de les Malalties del Fetge. Dr. Luca was a recipient of a grant fellowship by Fundacio Privada Clinic per a la Recerca Biomedica.
Cirrhosis is associated with cardiovascular abnormalities. Scanty information is available as to whether these include left ventricle diastolic dysfunction and wall thickness increase. To this aim in 27 cirrhotic patients with tense ascites, 17 cirrhotic patients with previous episodes of ascites (n