... development and maintenance of excessive arterial vasodilation and portosystemic collateral vessels in the splanchnic and systemic circulation in cirrhosis andportalPortalHypertension – Causes and ... andportal hypertension, this aspect of adrenomedullin should be explored in cirrhosis andportalhypertension Conclusion To date, there are only limited options for the treatment of portal hypertension, ... Risk of EsophagealVarices Bleeding 85 Dmitry Garbuzenko, Alexandr Mikurov and Dmitry Smirnov Chapter Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Improve Liver Microcirculation and Reduce Portal Hypertension...
... development and maintenance of excessive arterial vasodilation and portosystemic collateral vessels in the splanchnic and systemic circulation in cirrhosis andportalPortalHypertension – Causes and ... andportal hypertension, this aspect of adrenomedullin should be explored in cirrhosis andportalhypertension Conclusion To date, there are only limited options for the treatment of portal hypertension, ... Risk of EsophagealVarices Bleeding 85 Dmitry Garbuzenko, Alexandr Mikurov and Dmitry Smirnov Chapter Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Improve Liver Microcirculation and Reduce Portal Hypertension...
... liver andportal system showed a thready portal vein with collaterals arising from the right and left portal veins Ando et al studied portal venous anatomy in 10 patients with extrahepatic portal ... andportal system The image shows a thready portal vein (arrow) with collateral vessels involving both left and right portal veins superficial abdominal veins which were the late seqelae of portal ... splenomegaly with gastric, retroperitoneal and splenic varices The portal vein was thready (Figures and 2) with collateral vessels involving both left and right portal veins There was no evidence of...
... Both the control and treatment groups were challenged with intraperitoneal (i.p.) glucose and regular insulin Seven and one-half minutes after the combined challenges with insulin and glucose, the ... were shown to favorably affect hypertensionand glucose-insulin metabolism in rodents [9-13] The crude fractions included a water extract and an ether extract, and the two rat species examined ... that a relatively depressed NO system is involved in sugar-induced hypertension [27] and that captopril, chromium, and fractions D and SX can enhance this system causing lower SBP Based upon previous...
... Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases are challenging medical and social problems Patients with diabetes mellitus are at a higher risk of developing vascular dysfunction andhypertension The ... radicals and the decline of antioxidant defense mechanisms lead to damage of cellular organelles and enzymes, increased lipid peroxidation, and development of insulin resistance (7) The vascular and ... Popliteal and pedal pulses were absent bilaterally with poor capillary refill The left foot was red and inflamed up to and including the medial malleolus The lateral aspect of the great toe and second...
... osteoarthritis (all data were mean and SD) PF Diabetes without comorbidity (n = 147) Diabetes andHypertension (n = 235) Diabetes and osteoarthritis (n = 97) Diabetes, hypertensionand osteoarthritis (n = ... conditions hypertensionand osteoarthritis and therefore contributes to a better understanding of diabetic patients The study emphasized that osteoarthritis as a common, disabling and painful ... life scales of patients with hypertensionand those without any chronic condition [28,29] One reason for this finding may be that hypertension is often asymptomatic and physically less impairing...
... pancreatic VIPoma and its relation to the portal vein and superior mesenteric Cross-sectional CT depiction of large necrotic pancreatic VIPoma and its relation to the portal vein and superior mesenteric ... short gastric and gastroepiploic veins with subsequent formation of varices Our patient had extensive gastric and peritumoral varices that were associated with ongoing bleeding and transfusion ... vein occlusion, and significant left-side portalhypertension with associated varices, preoperative embolization of the proximal splenic artery should be considered to allow for portal decompression...
... , S-I2 and A-P2 , and L-R1 , S-I1 and A-P1, represent during-treatment and pre-treatment (uncorrected) isocenter positions along the L-R, S-I and A-P axes respectively, and cL-R , cS-I and cA-P ... larger along the L-R and S-I axes, and mm or larger along the A-P axis, effectively reduced the combined systematic and random error to within mm along the L-R and S-I axes and mm along the A-P ... a): S-I and A-P axes, and b): S-I and L-R axes Ellipse shows 95% confidence intervals for CTV coverage in each direction PTV margins, from 0.57 cm, 0.79 cm and 0.77 cm to 0.36 cm, 0.37 cm and 0.37...
... (first row) and the gamma evaluation matrix (second row) for one plan and the three sub-arcs for the and 12° gantry movement In table the GAI results are reported as mean values and standard deviations ... (D(Gy) = m*R+q) IMRT and RapidArc fields are, however, changing continuously during delivery GLAaS accounts for those changes in time and position, using different m and q values, and differentiating ... values and standard deviations, as well as the range, are reported as global mean of all the 6° and 12° sub-arcs (both patients, the three acquisitions per sub-arc) Those values, both for and 12°...
... anomalies, trachea -esophageal fistula, esophageal atresia, renal and/ or radial anomalies and limb defects) syndrome, Feingold (oculo-digito-esophago-duodenal) syndrome and Rogers (anophthalmiaesophageal-genital ... PC and PM performed clinical and instrumental examinations MM and FP made a review of the literature and were involved in the diagnosis and management of the patient All authors have read and ... chiasmal and optic tracts aplasia (confirmed by VEP and light pupil reactivity absence), with telecanthus and/ or hypertelorism, esophageal atresia, atrial septal defect, choanal atresia, and developmental...
... pulmonary emboli, and the presence of diffuse osteoblastic bone metastases There was unexpected ascites, splenomegaly andesophageal varacies suggestive of portalhypertension (Figures and 3) Because ... Splenomegly, ascites, esophageal varacies and normal appearing hepatic parenchyma Meanwhile, histopathology revealed the true nature and cause for our patient's symptoms andportalhypertension Biopsy ... (CEA and CA 15-3) and clinical response with complete relief of disabling diffuse bone pain and tumor marker analysis as outlined in Figure Subsequently, her tumor pain and markers increased and...
... well-differentiated adenocarcinoma (hematoxylin and eosin staining, original magnification ×100) Page of Figure Esophagealvarices (A) The lower esophagus and gastroesophageal junction (B) The middle esophagus ... contributions TA, YA, HT and KY analyzed and interpreted our patient data HI, HE and KH analyzed endoscopic data AR, SY and YI performed the histological examination of the organs TA, MI and AN were major ... performed for the lesion EVL was successively done for the esophagealvarices in three places All EVL bands were placed in the esophagus and EGJ Figure Histological examination of the biopsy specimen...
... vein Extensive spleno-renal varices were recorded Conservative treatment was advised as a result of this investigation Discussion Unusual portal- systemic shunts in portalhypertension have been recorded ... fluid surrounding left testis vein and abdominal wall, spleno-retroperitoneal and omphalo-ilio-caval anastomosis [1] Large scrotal varicocoeles secondary to portalhypertension have been described ... pathway for portalhypertension Int J Clin Pract 2005, 59(6):740-742 Schulte-Baukloh H, Kammer J, Felfe R, Sturzebecher B, Knispel HH: Surgery is inadvisable: massive varicocele due to portal hypertension...
... Ohbu M, Okuda K: Idiopathic portalhypertensionand its pathology Semin Liver Dis 2002, 22:59-72 Okuda K: Non-cirrhotic portalhypertension versus idiopathic portalhypertension J Gastroenterol ... S: Idiopathic portalhypertension associated with celiac disease: one case Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2007, 31:869-871 Kara B, Sandikci M: Successful treatment of portalhypertensionand hypoparathyroidism ... Eosophagogastroduodenoscopy showed four columns of grade three esophagealvarices with red signs, small gastric fundal varicesand moderate portal hypertensive gastropathy The duodenal bulb was normal...
... Resource and Research Center at University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) and used as bone marrow cell donors CXCR4 inhibitor and hypoxic pulmonary hypertension Rats were placed in a hypoxia chamber and ... software on LSR II and analyzed with FlowJo v8.8.6 Measurement of right ventricular hypertrophy The ventricles and septum of the animals were collected and the wet and dry ventricle and septal weight ... migration and development in cancer, nervous system and heart repair after myocardial infarction [20-25] Young et al [26] recently used a neonatal mouse model of pulmonary hypertensionand found...
... HAG coordinated the study and drafted the manuscript LM and JR carried out the immunohistochemistry and real time PCR CS and NN performed the cell culture experiments CB and LM carried out the laser-assisted ... the GDF-15 Sandwich IRMA FL and UL made substantial contributions to the analysis and interpretation of the data TW and MMH participated in the design of the study MG critically read and corrected ... pulmonary arterial hypertensionand affects proliferation and apoptosis of pulmonary endothelial cells Respiratory Research 2011 12:62 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage...
... analysis and drafted the manuscript NE, CN, HT, HO, FR, AHAG and EG treated the patients and collected data EG and WS conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and drafted ... 2006 and December 2009, who agreed to a genetic testing and from whom EDTA-blood was obtained Patients have been seen in the centres of pulmonary hypertension (PH) of Heidelberg and Giessen and ... kit (MRC-Holland BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) The mutation nomenclature refers to the NCBI human BMPR2 nucleotide sequence (NCBI: NM_001204) and is expressed following the standard recommendations...
... of hypoxic pulmonary hypertensionand vascular remodeling in IL-6+/+ and IL-6-/- mice Figure Development of hypoxic pulmonary hypertensionand vascular remodeling in IL-6+/+ and IL-6-/- mice Right ... VCAM-1, ET-1 and MCP-1 mRNAs in IL-6-/- and IL-6+/+ during normoxic and hypoxic conditions Lung expression of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, ET-1 and MCP-1 mRNAs in IL-6-/- and IL-6+/+ during normoxic and hypoxic ... mix (10 nmol/L), and 100 ng random primers in a total volume of 12 μL was incubated for minutes at 65°C and chilled on ice Then, μL of 1st Strand Buffer, μL of DTT (0.1 mol/ L), and 40 U of ribonuclease...
... (C and D) iNOS, (E andhypertension (A, C, E) and from control patients of similar age (B, D, F) stained for (A and Lungs from infants with pulmonary F) nNOS Lungs from infants with pulmonary hypertension ... iNOS and (C) nNOS in lungs from infants with pulmonary hypertensionand from conIntensity of staining for (A) eNOS, (B) iNOS and (C) nNOS in lungs from infants with pulmonary hypertensionand ... infants with pulmonary hypertension (A, C, E) and from control patients of similar age (B, D, F) stained for (A and B) eNOS, (C and D) iNOS, (E and F) nNOS (A) Cardiac patient small pulmonary...
... compliance and airway resistance, and the response of these parameters to inhaled NO Our preliminary results demonstrated that cell-free hemoglobin-induced pulmonary hypertensionand decreased ... recording of heart rate, systemic and pulmonary arterial pressures, and waveforms Blood samples and methemoglobin levels were analyzed by a pH/Blood Gas Analyzer 1303 and CO-Oximeter 482 (Instrumentation ... technique and is presented as cardiac index determined using calculated body surface area Systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance indices (SVRI and PVRI, respectively) were calculated using standard...