TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Portal Hypertension A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Etiologies include: -Cirrhosis-Congenital hepatic fibrotic disorders-Acute liver failure-Budd-Chiari syndrome-Heart failure-Congenital atresia-Portal or splanchnic vein thrombosis• Bleeding gastroesophageal varices most important complication• 30% bleed• 50% mortality for those who bleed• 30% re-bleed in 6 weeks• 70% re-bleed in 1 year• Bleeding most commonly from esophageal varices• 10-15% have associated gastric varices• Presence of varices related to degree of liver dysfunction• Portal vein-hepatic vein gradient invariably > 12 mm Hg SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58098503 ER -