The Incidence of Hypertension in Portal Cirrhosis: A Study of 80 Necropsied Cases of Portal Cirrhosis

Article1 September 1949THE INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN PORTAL CIRRHOSIS: A STUDY OF 80 NECROPSIED CASES OF PORTAL CIRRHOSISSAMUEL D. SPATT, M.D., PHILIP ROSENBLATT, M.D.SAMUEL D. SPATT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PHILIP ROSENBLATT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-3-479 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the general impression of many physicians that hypertension occurs much less frequently in patients with portal cirrhosis than in the general population. This impression receives some support from the statement in Oxford Medicine1 that "in portal cirrhosis, the pulse is slightly quickened, the blood pressure, both arterial and venous, usually is low," and the statement in the book by Rolleston and McNee2 that "the blood pressure is low when the disease is active." 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication March 11, 1948.From the Department of Laboratories, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. 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