TY  - JOUR
AU  - Alempijević, Tamara
AU  - Sokić-Milutinović, Aleksandra
AU  - Miličić, Biljana
AU  - Jesić, Rada
AU  - Balović, Ana
AU  - Popović, Dragan
AU  - Krstić, Miodrag
PY  - 2012
UR  - https://smile.stomf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1712
AB  - Background/aims: Portal hypertension and development of esophageal varices is one of the major complications of liver cirrhosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the possibility of the presence of esophageal varices and their size using biochemical and ultrasonography parameters in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Material and Methods: We included in our study 86 patients (74 males, mean age 55 +/- 7) with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. The control group consisted of 102 patients with cirrhosis of other etiologies. All patients underwent a complete biochemical work up, upper digestive endoscopy and ultrasonography examination. The right liver lobe diameter/albumin and platelet count/spleen diameter ratios were calculated. The correlation of the calculated ratios with the presence and degree of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis was also determined. Results: The mean value of right liver lobe diameter-albumin ratio was 6.15 +/- 1.77, and statistically significantly differed from values determined in the control group (4.97 +/- 1.68). The mean platelet count-spleen diameter ratio was 972.5 +/- 599.0 in alcoholic liver cirrhosis and 1055.9 +/- 821.3 in controls (p>0.05). In patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, none of the analyzed noninvasive markers was shown to be a good predictor of the presence and size of esophageal varices. Conclusions: Despite the important role of noninvasive markers in providing information pertinent to determination of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis, these markers have limited relevance in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.
PB  - Turkish Soc Gastroenterology, Abidinpasa
T2  - Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
T1  - Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SP  - 239
EP  - 246
DO  - 10.4318/tjg.2012.0463
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Alempijević, Tamara and Sokić-Milutinović, Aleksandra and Miličić, Biljana and Jesić, Rada and Balović, Ana and Popović, Dragan and Krstić, Miodrag",
year = "2012",
abstract = "Background/aims: Portal hypertension and development of esophageal varices is one of the major complications of liver cirrhosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the possibility of the presence of esophageal varices and their size using biochemical and ultrasonography parameters in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Material and Methods: We included in our study 86 patients (74 males, mean age 55 +/- 7) with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. The control group consisted of 102 patients with cirrhosis of other etiologies. All patients underwent a complete biochemical work up, upper digestive endoscopy and ultrasonography examination. The right liver lobe diameter/albumin and platelet count/spleen diameter ratios were calculated. The correlation of the calculated ratios with the presence and degree of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis was also determined. Results: The mean value of right liver lobe diameter-albumin ratio was 6.15 +/- 1.77, and statistically significantly differed from values determined in the control group (4.97 +/- 1.68). The mean platelet count-spleen diameter ratio was 972.5 +/- 599.0 in alcoholic liver cirrhosis and 1055.9 +/- 821.3 in controls (p>0.05). In patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, none of the analyzed noninvasive markers was shown to be a good predictor of the presence and size of esophageal varices. Conclusions: Despite the important role of noninvasive markers in providing information pertinent to determination of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis, these markers have limited relevance in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.",
publisher = "Turkish Soc Gastroenterology, Abidinpasa",
journal = "Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology",
title = "Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis",
volume = "23",
number = "3",
pages = "239-246",
doi = "10.4318/tjg.2012.0463"
}

Alempijević, T., Sokić-Milutinović, A., Miličić, B., Jesić, R., Balović, A., Popović, D.,& Krstić, M.. (2012). Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. in Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
Turkish Soc Gastroenterology, Abidinpasa., 23(3), 239-246.
https://doi.org/10.4318/tjg.2012.0463

Alempijević T, Sokić-Milutinović A, Miličić B, Jesić R, Balović A, Popović D, Krstić M. Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. in Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology. 2012;23(3):239-246.
doi:10.4318/tjg.2012.0463 .

Alempijević, Tamara, Sokić-Milutinović, Aleksandra, Miličić, Biljana, Jesić, Rada, Balović, Ana, Popović, Dragan, Krstić, Miodrag, "Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis" in Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 23, no. 3 (2012):239-246,
https://doi.org/10.4318/tjg.2012.0463 . .