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Effect of Pulse Shaping on Subharmonic Aided Pressure Estimation In Vitro and In Vivo. [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVES: Subharmonic imaging (SHI) is a technique that uses the nonlinear oscillations of microbubbles when exposed to ultrasound at high pressures transmitting at the fundamental frequency ie, f METHODS: Eight waveforms with different envelopes were ...
Dave, Jaydev K., Eisenbrey, John R., Forsberg, Flemming, Gupta, Ipshita, Hazard, Christopher, Li, Huiwen, Liu, Ji-Bin, Sridharan, Anush, Stanczak, Maria, Wallace, Kirk, Wang, Ping, Wang, Xinghua   +11 more
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Biology of portal hypertension [PDF]

Hepatology International, 2017
Portal hypertension develops as a result of increased intrahepatic vascular resistance often caused by chronic liver disease that leads to structural distortion by fibrosis, microvascular thrombosis, dysfunction of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), and hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation.
Matthew McConnell, Yasuko Iwakiri
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EUS-guided portal pressure gradient measurement with a simple novel device: a human pilot study. [PDF]

, 2018
Background and aimsPortal hypertension is a serious adverse event of liver cirrhosis. Recently, we developed a simple novel technique for EUS-guided portal pressure gradient (PPG) measurement (PPGM).
Chang, Kenneth J, Hu, Ke-Qin, Huang, Jason Y, Lee, John, Samarasena, Jason B, Thieu, Daniel, Tsujino, Takeshi, Yu, Allen   +7 more
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Intestinal transplantation in children under FK 506 immunosuppression [PDF]

, 1993
Intestinal transplantation, solitary (n = 3) or in combination with the liver (n = 7), was performed in 10 pediatric patients with intestinal failure. The liver was only replaced if there was liver failure and portal hypertension.
Adrian Casavilla, Andreas G. Tzakis, Anthony J. Demetris, Bakr Nour, David H. Van Thiel, Eduardo Yunis, Goulet, Grant, Iwaki, Jorge Reyes, Kareem Abu-Elmagd, Murase, Murase, Rick Selby, Samuel Kocoshis, Satoru Todo, Schraut, Shaffer, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl, Todo, Todo, Tzakis, Tzakis, Zhong   +26 more
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Prediction of survival and analysis of prognostic factors for patients with AFP negative hepatocellular carcinoma: a population-based study

BMC Gastroenterology
Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a poor prognosis, and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is widely used to evaluate HCC. However, the proportion of AFP-negative individuals cannot be disregarded.
Chengyu Liu, Zikang Li, Zhilei Zhang, Jinlong Li, Congxi Xu, Yuming Jia, Chong Zhang, Wuhan Yang, Wenchuan Wang, Xiaojuan Wang, Kuopeng Liang, Li Peng, Jitao Wang   +12 more
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Portal hypertension is associated with modulation of regulatory T cells

European Journal of Inflammation, 2016
Background: Portal hypertension is a complication of liver cirrhosis. The portal vein drains the spleen and the intestines, which are both rich in inflammatory mediators.
Tomer Adar, Yair Edden, Shimon Shteingart, Ami Ben Ya’acov, Mahmud Mahamid, Ellen Broide, Shimrit Shmorak, Ariella Bar-Gil Shitrit, Constantin Reinus, Eran Goldin   +9 more
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Burden of pulmonary hypertension in patients with portal hypertension in the United States: a retrospective database study

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
Patients with portal hypertension may develop pulmonary hypertension. The economic implications of these comorbidities have not been systematically assessed. We compared healthcare resource utilization and costs in the United States between patients with
Sandeep Sahay, Yuen Tsang, Megan Flynn, Peter Agron, Robert Dufour   +4 more
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Is porto sinusoidal vascular disease to be actively searched in patients with portal vein thrombosis? [PDF]

, 2019
Porto sinusoidal vascular liver disease (PSVD) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are distinct vascular liver diseases characterized, respectively, by an intrahepatic and a prehepatic obstacle to the flow in the liver portal system. PVT may also occur as a
D'Amati, G., Gioia, S., Nardelli, S., Ridola, L., Riggio, O.   +4 more
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Resolution of Severe Portopulmonary Hypertension With Inhaled Treprostinil and Liver Transplantation [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
Portopulmonary hypertension is a rare condition with a poor prognosis. Prompt management is essential for liver transplantation eligibility, a potentially curative option.
Alex J. Chang, MD, Choon Hwa Goh, MD
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Etiology and Clinical Outcome of Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Portal Vein Thrombosis [PDF]

, 2010
The liver receives approximately one-third of the resting cardiac output. Blood flow to the liver is supplied by both an arterial (hepatic artery) and a venous (portal vein) system and three hepatic veins provide drainage of blood from the liver to the ...
Hoekstra, J. (Jildou)
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