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Prospects of Antiangiogenic Therapy for Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis
Aim. This paper is aimed at reviewing existing literature that investigates the role of angiogenesis in portal hypertension pathogenesis in liver cirrhosis and the possibilities of its antiangiogenic therapy, along with the description of angiogenesis ...
D. V. Garbuzenko
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Primary liver cancer often occurs in patients with hepatitis and cirrhosis. Some patients have portal hypertension due to cirrhosis, and present with varying degrees of collateral circulation, splenomegaly and hypersplenism, ascites, and liver ...
Zhenkang Qiu, Gui Song Wang, Fei Gao
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Portal Hypertension—Noninvasive Multiparametric Ultrasound‐Based Criteria and Measurements
Portal hypertension, the most common complication in liver cirrhosis, is characterized by a pathologic increase in portal venous pressure. Portal hypertension is defined as a pressure gradient greater than 5 mmHg between the portal vein and the inferior ...
Kathleen Möller+7 more
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Hypertensive portal colopathy in schistosomiasis mansoni: proposal for a classification
Portal hypertension is a frequent complication of chronic liver disease, detected not only in schistosomiasis, but also in cirrhosis of any etiology. Vascular alterations in the colonic mucosa are a potential source for acute or chronic bleeding and have
Maria Angelina C Miranda+6 more
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Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension
The portal hypertension is responsible for many of the manifestations of liver cirrhosis. Some of these complications are the direct consequences of portal hypertension, such as gastrointestinal bleeding from ruptured gastroesophageal varices and from ...
Said A. Al-Busafi+3 more
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Ultrasound and Doppler examination capabilities in adult portal hypertension type definition
Early portal hypertension type diagnostics is an ultimate factor concerning kind and tactics of treatment. Aim. To objectify ultrasound examination capabilities, portal hemodynamics were studied in 97 patients using impulse and color doppler ...
N. V. Tumanskaya+4 more
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PH&C: A new journey in Liverland
Xiaolong Qi
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Background and Objective: Symmers′ periportal fibrosis secondary to schistosomiasis is a common cause of portal hypertension worldwide. Data on the prevalence of gastric varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy in this group of patients with ...
Mudawi Hatim+2 more
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives
Oliviero Riggio,1 Stefania Gioia,1 Ilaria Pentassuglio,1 Valeria Nicoletti,1 Michele Valente,2 Giulia d’Amati2 1Department of Clinical Medicine, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Portal Hypertension, 2Department of Radiological, Oncological,
Riggio O+5 more
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