News tagged with portal vein
Ischemic preconditioning alters hepatic blood supply
Liver surgery has become a safe procedure in the past years and is mainly done because of malignant tumors. A common strategy to reduce blood loss during surgery is to temporarily shut down the blood supply to the liver [pringle ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2010 |
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How to evaluate hemodynamics of gastric varices effectively?
Gastric varices (GV) are an important complication of portal hypertension. As an almost atraumatic method, computed tomography (CT) angiography has been used widely to show the portal vein system. However, the collateral ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Hepatic encephalopathy and prehepatic portal hypertension rat model
Portal hypertension is responsible for severe and often lethal complications of cirrhosis. Another important syndrome is hepatic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute and chronic liver failure, which is characterized by ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2009 |
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