Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 1080, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2010 Sep;39(3):681-95. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2010.08.015.
Portal hypertension is an increase in pressure in the portal vein and its tributaries. It is defined as a portal pressure gradient (the difference in pressure between the portal vein and the hepatic veins) greater than 5 mm Hg. Although this gradient defines portal hypertension, a gradient of 10 mm Hg or greater defines clinically significant portal hypertension, because this pressure gradient predicts the development of varices, decompensation of cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The most direct consequence of portal hypertension is the development of gastroesophageal varices that may rupture and lead to the development of variceal hemorrhage. This article reviews the pathophysiologic bases of the different pharmacologic treatments for portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis and places them in the context of the natural history of varices and variceal hemorrhage.
门静脉高压症是门静脉及其属支内压力增高。门静脉高压症定义为门静脉压力梯度(门静脉与肝静脉之间的压力差)大于 5mmHg。虽然该梯度定义了门静脉高压症,但 10mmHg 或更大的梯度定义了临床显著的门静脉高压症,因为该压力梯度预测了静脉曲张的发展、肝硬化失代偿和肝细胞癌。门静脉高压症最直接的后果是胃食管静脉曲张的发展,静脉曲张可能破裂并导致静脉曲张出血。本文综述了肝硬化患者不同药理学治疗门静脉高压症的病理生理基础,并将其置于静脉曲张和静脉曲张出血的自然病程背景下。