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Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Portal hypertension (PHT) resulting from splanchnic vasodilatation is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in splanchnic vasodilatation in cirrhosis.
Lakmie S. Gunarathne +3 more
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Blood mobilization from the liver of the anaesthetized dog [PDF]
, 1998 The abdominal circulation contains a high proportion of the total blood volume and this can change either passively in response to changes in vascular distending pressure or actively (termed a capacitance response) to changes in sympathetic nervous ...
Drinkhill, M.J. +3 more
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Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2017 Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate hepatic artery resistive index (HARI) as a noninvasive prognostic predictor by correlating it with peripheral blood nitric oxide (NO) levels, portal pressure (PP) and histopathological changes in the liver in ...
Deepak Mittal +7 more
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Portal Hypertension in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Era of Non-invasive Assessment
European Medical Journal, 2021 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the emerging global health problems due to an increase of burden worldwide. It has been known that NAFLD is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome.
Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana +4 more
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Thalidomide ameliorates portal hypertension via nitric oxide synthase independent reduced systolic blood pressure [PDF]
, 2015 AIM: Portal hypertension is a common complication of liver cirrhosis and significantly increases mortality and morbidity. Previous reports have suggested that the compound thalidomide attenuates portal hypertension (PHT).
Korshunov, Vyacheslav A. +4 more
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Non-invasive diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension [PDF]
, 2014 Cirrhosis is the final stage of most of chronic liver diseases, and is almost invariably complicated by portal hypertension, which is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. This review will focus on the non-invasive methods
Ashkenazi, Eyal +4 more
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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. +11 more
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The use of non-selective beta-blockers in patients with cirrhosis: more doubts than certainties [PDF]
, 2017 In conclusion, prospective RCT would be needed on the use of NSBBs in decompensated cirrhotic patients with ascites however these trials are difficult to organize and will need a large sample size.
Di Gregorio, Vincenza +3 more
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National Consensus on Portal Hypertension Management in Indonesia
Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2022 Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome that consists of hypersplenism, ascites, gastroesophageal varices, and encephalopathy. This condition is marked by increased portal pressure gradient and may occur with or without liver cirrhosis.
Juferdy Kurniawan +7 more
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The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012 Background/Aim: Portal hypertension is an important and potentially fatal complication of liver disease whereby cellular and fibrotic alterations manifest to increase portal venous pressure. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of captopril,
Ahmed F Ahmed +3 more
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