[The use of nitroglycerin in integral treatment of hemorrhage with portal hypertension].

The pressure in portal vein had lowered by 28.2% in 36 patients with hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertension influenced by nitroglycerin, applied in the dose 0.43 ml/kg in the course of the day. Under such conditions the central hemodynamics indexes did not change substantially, no hepatic functional state occurred. Nitroglycerin application in complex of therapy showed its efficacy in 32 patients.