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Cirrhotic portal hypertension: From pathophysiology to novel therapeutics
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020 Portal hypertension and bleeding from gastroesophageal varices is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Portal hypertension is initiated by increased intrahepatic vascular resistance and a hyperdynamic circulatory state ...
L. Gunarathne +4 more
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An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Ascites. [PDF]
, 2018 Abdominal ascites is most commonly caused by portal hypertension from liver cirrhosis. When present, portal hypertension is associated with an elevated serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) ≥1.1 g/dL. In contrast, a SAAG < 1.1 g/dL suggests malignancy,
Chak, Eric W +2 more
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Causes and Management of Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension
Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2020 Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) includes a heterogeneous group of conditions. The aim of this paper is to make an overview on the denominations, diagnostical features and management of porto-sinusoidal vascular disease (PSVD) and chronic portal ...
S. Gioia +3 more
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Natural history of patients with non cirrhotic portal hypertension: Comparison with patients with compensated cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2018 Background. The knowledge of natural history of patients with portal hypertension (PH) not due to cirrhosis is less well known than that of cirrhotic patients. Aim.
Aprile, Francesca +7 more
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Endothelin-1 in portal hypertension: The intricate role of hepatic stellate cells
Experimental biology and medicine, 2020 Portal hypertension is one of the most important cirrhosis-associated complications of chronic liver disease, leading to significant morbidity and mortality.
D. Ezhilarasan
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Liver Stiffness Measurements in Patients with Non‐cirrhotic Portal Hypertension – The Devil is In the Details [PDF]
, 2018 Non‐cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) is often a diagnostic challenge due to signs and symptoms of portal hypertension that overlap with cirrhosis. The etiology of NCPH is broadly classified as prehepatic, hepatic (pre‐sinusoidal and sinusoidal) and ...
Chalasani, Naga +4 more
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Paediatrica Indonesiana, 2017 A case of portal hypertension in a 9-year-old Indonesian female child is presented. The diagnosis was made by demonstrating oesophageal vanices radiologically and surgically, and by measuring the portal venous pressure. Portocaval side to side shunt was done resulting in diminishing of the oesophageal varices, disappearance of hypersplenism, and a ...
I D, Arif, M, Said, E M, Halimun
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Radiology, 2020 Background The current standard for assessing the severity of portal hypertension is the invasive acquisition of hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG).
I. Gupta +15 more
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Amiloride reduces portal hypertension in rat liver cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2010 Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of amiloride on portal hypertension. Amiloride is known to inhibit Na(+)/H(+) exchangers on activated hepatic stellate cells.
Beitinger, Frigga +6 more
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Annals of Hepatology, 2007 Lipoproteins are synthesized by the liver and secreted to plasma. Chronic alcoholic intoxication produces frequently cirrhosis and concomitantly alterations in liver metabolism.
Abraham Lemberg +8 more
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