EUS-Guided Portal Pressure Measurement: Inching Toward Adoption

Results with this approach were similar to those obtained using traditional hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement, in a small study of patients with portal hypertension.

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been making inroads into the world of hepatology for some time. Liver biopsies, once almost universally performed using percutaneous or transjugular approaches, are now routinely performed via EUS at many centers. An important metric in patients with cirrhosis is their portal pressure gradient (PPG), which is usually measured by interventional radiologists in the context of transjugular liver biopsies. However, EUS-guided portal pressure gradient (EUS-PPG) measurement has emerged as an alternative in this setting.

Now, investigators have compared obtaining EUS-PPG measurements in vivo versus traditional hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurements obtained by interventional radiologists. Eleven patient…

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Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

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Consultant/Advisory BoardBSC; Merit; Olympus

Speaker’s BureauAbbVie

Editorial BoardsGastrointestinal Endoscopy

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBSC; Merit; Olympus

Speaker’s BureauAbbVie

Editorial BoardsGastrointestinal Endoscopy

EUS-Guided Portal Pressure Measurement: Inching Toward Adoption

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