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Clinical study on the interrelationship between liver, heart, and lung in portal hypertensio

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Portal hypertension
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000042876
Lead Sponsor
Chiba University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Patients whom the principal investigator or sub-investigator judges to be inappropriate as subjects. (2) Patients for whom outpatient follow-up at our hospital is difficult.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Frequency of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and portopulmonary hypertension in patients with portal Hypertension and at 3 months and 1 year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
a. Examine the relationship between liver reserve values (blood chemistry, Child-Pugh score, MELD score, and liver elasticity) and cardiac and portopulmonary hypertension factors. b. Examine the relationship between portal hemodynamic severity (hepatic venous pressure gradient, Doppler flow factors in portal vein and portosystemic shunt) and cardiac function factors and pulmonary hypertension factors. c. To examine changes in cardiac function and pulmonary hypertension factors after treatment of complications associated with portal hypertension. d. Examine the relationship of prognosis to cardiac function and pulmonary hypertension factors. e. Examine differences in endothelin, cytokines, and BMP9 by angiographic site and changes after treatment.
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