Octreotide is extracted in cirrhotic patients by both the liver and the kidney, the latter being the most important organ of elimination. Octreotide decreases liver metabolic activity determined by the ICG clearance technique, but no significant effects of octreotide on HVPG or HBF could be demonstrated.
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