Treatment of portal hypertension

Table 1 Portal hypertension consensus conferences in the last two decades

Title	Year	Venue
21st meeting of the European association for the study of liver	1986	Groningen, The Netherlands
Definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal hypertension. A consensus development workshop	1990	Baveno, Italy
Developing consensus in portal hypertension	1995	Baveno, Italy
Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding. AASLD single topic symposium	1996	Virginia, United States
Updating consensus in portal hypertension. Reports of the Baveno III consensus workshop on definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal hypertension	2000	Baveno, Italy
Evolving consensus in portal hypertension. Report of the Baveno IV consensus workshop on methodology of diagnosis and therapy in portal hypertension	2005	Baveno, Italy
Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding-unresolved issues. Summary of an AASLD and European association for the study of the liver single-topic conference	2007	Atlanta, United States
Revising consensus in portal hypertension: Report of the Baveno V consensus workshop on methodology of diagnosis and therapy in portal hypertension	2010	Baveno, Italy

AASLD: American association for the study of liver diseases.