[Study of central and porto-hepatic hemodynamics before the surgical treatment of patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension].

Basing on the results of hemodynamic findings related to the heart and liver in 41 patients with hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertension (33 of them were operated on for portal hypertension), it is suggested that when deciding on the type of surgery in such patients, initial status of central and portal hemodynamics as well as expected changes in these parameters due to surgery should be taken into consideration. Pathogenetic grounds for some routine interventions in hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertension are thought open to question.