Octreotide blunts postprandial splanchni
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Paolo Buonamico; Carlo Sabbá; Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao; Elsa Berardi; Gianfranco An
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The effect of octreotide, a long-acting synthetic analog of somatostatin, on fasting and postprandial splanchnic hemodynamics was investigated in cirrhotic patients. Splanchnic hemodynamics were assessed using an echo-Doppler duplex system in a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossove