Liver cirrhosis and arterial hypertension

Table 3 Effects of propranolol, diuretics, terlipressin, and albumin on pressures, vascular resistance, vascular compliance, blood flow, blood volume distribution, portal pressure, and sodium excretion in patients with cirrhosis

	Non-selective beta-blocker	Diuretics	Terlipressin	Albumin
Arterial blood pressure	(↓)	(↓)	↑	→
Systemic vascular resistance	↑↑		↑↑	↓
Arterial compliance	→	→	↓	↑→
Total effective vascular compliance		↓→
Cardiac output	↓↓	↓	↓	↑
Central and arterial blood volume	→	(↓)	↑	↑→
Plasma volume	→	↓	↓	↑
Hepatic venous pressure gradient	↓→	↓	↓	→
Urinary sodium excretion	→	↑	↑	↑

→↑↓, denote normal, increased, and decreased values, res-pectively. Parentheses denote minor changes.