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Lead
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
(1) age≥18 years; (2) hospitalized patients with a confirmed diagnosis of cirrhosis with gastric varices and large spontaneous shunts based on clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings; and (3) provided written informed consent for all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
You may not be if
(1) significant coagulopathy, defined as an international normalized ratio (INR) \> 1.5; (2) severe thrombocytopenia (platelet counts \< 20×10\^9/L); (3) presence of severe systemic comorbidities, such as active sepsis, decompensated heart failure, or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; (4) psychiatric disorders precluding procedure cooperation; (5) concurrent malignant tumors; or (6) refusal to undergo hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) or endoscopic ultrasound-guided portal pressure gradient (EUS-PPG) measurement.
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