Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 119-128, July 2009

Acute Hemodynamic Response to β-Blockers and Prediction of Long-term Outcome in Primary Prophylaxis of Variceal Bleeding

  • Càndid Villanueva

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Dr Càndid Villanueva, Servei de Patologia Digestiva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avgda. Sant Antoni M Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. fax: 34-93 556 56 08
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  • Carles Aracil

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Alan Colomo

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Virginia Hernández–Gea

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Josep M. López–Balaguer

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Cristina Alvarez–Urturi

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Xavier Torras

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Joaquim Balanzó

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Carlos Guarner

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Barcelona, Spain

Received 19 July 2008; accepted 17 March 2009. published online 03 April 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported in part by a grant from the Fundació Investigació Sant Pau, and by a grant from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CO3/02) and by a grant of the Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (SGR05).

PII: S0016-5085(09)00509-5

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.048

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 119-128, July 2009

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