[Digital subtraction arterioportography in the examination of patients with the portal hypertension syndrome].

Based upon data of 107 angiographic examinations in the regimen of digital subtraction the authors propose a regional program of angiographic examinations of patients with the syndrome of portal hypertension including the digital subtraction recurrent celiac and mesenteric portography, terminal occlusive flebohepatography. The given complex of investigations allows the determination with a minimum traumatic action of the form of portal hypertension and selection of the best for each patient kind of operative intervention. The article describes the methods of angiographic examinations improved and adapted by the authors for diagnosing the syndrome of portal hypertension. Criteria for the assessment of the results obtained are proposed. The use of digital subtraction arterioportography in complex with digital occlusive flebohepatography allows the main problems facing the surgeons when choosing the kind of operative interventions for patients with portal hypertension to be solved.