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Addition of simvastatin to carvedilol non responders: A new pharmacological therapy for treatment of portal hypertension

AIM: To determine whether addition of simvastatin could be an important pharmacological rescue therapy for carvedilol non-responders. METHODS: One hundred and two consecutive patients of cirrhosis of liver with significant portal hypertension were included. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) wa...

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Autores principales: Wani, Zeeshan Ahmad, Mohapatra, Sonmoon, Khan, Afaq Ahmad, Mohapatra, Ashutosh, Yatoo, Ghulam Nabi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5316847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28261384
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i5.270