Patients with idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension had a high risk for major surgical and portal hypertension-related complications if they also had extrahepatic conditions related to their ...
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The mechanisms behind thrombocytopenia in patients with portal hypertension and chronic liver disease
Persistent liver injury halts the regenerative capacity of hepatocytes and activates mechanisms that result in the ...
A physician-scientist at UT Southwestern Medical Center and his research team have identified mechanisms causing a potentially deadly type of hypertension that results from liver damage -- findings ...
THERE is much to be learned regarding the natural history of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. This is a natural consequence of the lack of a technic for direct measurement of portal pressure and the ...
THE problem of the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity in association with cirrhosis of the liver has for many years presented a challenge to the surgeon, since it has always been tempting ...
What is the cause of this patient's severe, painful ascites? Painful, severe ascites can be due to peritoneal diseases such as malignancy or tuberculosis. In such cases, however, the peritoneal fluid ...
Fewer than 1% of all causes of ascites are attributed to conditions other than liver cirrhosis, cardiac disease or malignancy. In this case, the patient presented with massive splenomegaly and later ...
The progressive worsening of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (HTN) decreases intra-hepatic nitric oxide (NO), which is counterbalanced by increased NO secretion from adjacent endothelial cells ...
When the blood pressure in the portal vein, carrying blood from the intestines to the liver, increases more than 10 mm Hg, it is called portal hypertension After necessary investigations like ...
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a critical complication in liver cirrhosis (LC), significantly worsening portal hypertension and accelerating the progression to decompensation. Early identification of ...
A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...
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