Frontline Hepatology: Complications with cirrhosis – portal hypertension

Thank you for listening to this podcast, where Frontline Gastroenterology Trainee Editor Dr Philip Smith talks to Professor Andres Cardenas, Professor of Hepatology and FG Deputy Editor at the GI Unit, University of Barcelona, Spain. The podcast is an accompaniment to the Frontline Gastroenterology Twitter Debate (#FGDebate) held on Tuesday 9th June 2015, at 8-9pm GMT entitled, 'Frontline Hepatology: Complications of cirrhosis - portal hypertension’. For a summary of the debate please visit the storify page: https://storify.com/FrontGastro_BMJ/frontline-hepatology The purpose of the podcast is to 'fill any gaps' the #FGDebate may have left. Professor Cardenas has also provided the slides he used in #FGDebate to help those interested in the topics he covered. We hope you enjoy this and that it is informative. View the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19mx8icjWWhI0eIclc9ljvahnEHNyX5ZEi1TqkqEAr4s/edit?usp=sharing Don't miss the next #FGDebate with Dr Mark McAlindon, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Capsule Endoscopy expert, Sheffield NHS Teaching Hospitals, on Tuesday 7th July 2015, at 8-9pm GMT and will discuss, "Frontline Capsule Endoscopy: The end of the endoscope is nigh".