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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Portal hypertension"”.
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Portal hypertension in cirrhosis and its associated pulmonary vascular disorders
… increasing year on year. Cirrhosis, through portal hypertension (PH), leads to complications, including pulmonary vascular disorders, portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH), and hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). PoPH and HPS are poorly characterised and associated with a worse prognosis in …
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The relative roles of portal hypertension and of cirrhosis in the pathogenesis of pulmonary lesions associated with chronic liver disease
… abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. The role of portal hypertension in the pathogenesis of pulmonary abnormalities in patients with liver disease has not been defined. The present study was therefore undertaken to clarify this. Pulmonary function, including …
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Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension due to alcohol-induced cirrhosis : an assessment of acute control of bleeding, prevention of recurrent bleeding and prognostic factors predicting early variceal rebleeding and death
The ideal treatment of portal hypertension and bleeding varices should be universally effective, safe, easy to administer and inexpensive. Currently no such treatment exists and the surgeon or physician is obliged to select the most appropriate intervention from a menu of currently available …
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Splenic and portal venography
… the splenic to the left renal vein, or the portal vein to the inferior vena cava. In the same year Whipple (1945) classified portal hypertension into cases with an obstruction in the portal system outside the liver, and those with a block inside the liver, the result of hepatic fibrosis. The …
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Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension due to alcohol-induced cirrhosis : an assessment of acute control of bleeding and prognostic factors predicting early variceal re
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-268).
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Advantages of MesoRex shunt compared with distal splenorenal shunt for extrahepatic portal vein occlusion in children
Background: Portal hypertension (PH) is a common complication of chronic liver or portal vein pathology in children. It is defined as a pathological increase in the pressure of the portal venous system. There are two leading causes for PH in children, pre and post sinusoidal liver disease and …
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Effect of autologous macrophage therapy in cirrhosis in response to individual immune reparative pathways: developing a novel therapy
… inevitably progresses to complications such as portal hypertension, cancer and death. There is not cure for liver cirrhosis besides liver transplant. We face an unmet demand for treatment of this condition. The role of macrophages in fibrosis development and resolution in the liver has been …
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Genetic Mutations of K<sub>Ca</sub>2.3 and K<sub>Ca</sub>3.1 Channels Affect Ca2+ Sensitivity
… Laband syndrome (ZLS), idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH), and hereditary xerocytosis (HX). The impact of dysfunctional K<sub>Ca</sub>2.3/K<sub>Ca</sub>3.1 channels on human health has not been well documented. In this dissertation, I used inside-out patch clamp recordings to …
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A four-year study of cirrhosis at Groote Schuur hospital
… basis of association of signs of liver failure, portal hypertension, radiological features consistent with cirrhosis with or without a proven cause of cirrhosis (personal observation). A study in Italy and another study done in Birmingham showed that a proportion of 63% and 65% respectively of …
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An analysis of prognostic, endoscopic and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic salvage shunting factors influencing rebleeding and death in portal hypertensive patients with life-threatening variceal bleeding
… remain the leading causes of early death in portal hypertensive patients. Despite progress in overall management, specific limitations in treatment and deficiencies in existing knowledge remain and represent areas where further research, analysis and clinical improvements are necessary. These …
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Assessment of portal pressure for liver surgery using serologic liver function tests
… 1 II. PATIENTS AND METHODS 2 A. Preoperative portal pressure assessments 2 B. Statistical analysis 3 III. RESULTS 4 A. Reason for liver surgery 5 B. Types of liver surgery 6 C. Correlation of HVPG with serologic tests 7 IV. DISCUSSION 10 V. CONCLUSION 17 REFERENCES 18 국문요약 21
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Trombose da veia porta em crianças e adolescentes : deficiência das proteínas C, S e antitrombina e pesquisa das mutações fator V Leiden, G20210A da protrombina e C677T da metileno-tetraidrofolato redutase
Objetivo: A trombose da veia porta é uma causa importante de hiper-tensão porta em crianças e adolescentes, porém, em uma proporção importante dos casos, não apresenta fator etiológico definido. O objetivo desse estudo é determinar a freqüência de deficiência das proteínas inibidoras da coagulação …
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Experiencia y porcentaje de complicaciones de las derivaciones portosistémicas intrahepáticas transyugulares en la Fundación Cardioinfantil
… manejo de las complicaciones de la hipertensión portal, en especial en aquellos pacientes candidatos a trasplante hepático. Se trata de un estudio observacional analítico, sin riesgo, en el cual se emplearon técnicas y métodos de investigación documental retrospectivo, y no se realizó ningún tipo …