Xarelto improved portal hypertension complication-free survival in patients with cirrhosis and moderate liver dysfunction without an increase in major bleeding events, according to data presented at ...

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DURING the past fifteen years an increasing number of portasystemic shunts have been performed at the Lahey Clinic. Some patients did not fit into the accepted criteria for operability 1–7; yet a ...

Persistent liver injury halts the regenerative capacity of hepatocytes and activates mechanisms that result in the ...

The global portal hypertension drugs market is thriving due to rising liver disease rates, particularly cirrhosis and hepatitis, and an aging global population, leading to heightened demand for ...

Your liver performs over 500 essential functions every single day, yet most people remain completely unaware when this vital organ begins failing until damage reaches catastrophic levels that may be ...

MASH patients exhibit a higher spleen-to-liver stiffness ratio than ALD patients, indicating a presinusoidal component in portal hypertension. The study found that MASH patients have larger spleen ...

Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a condition in which changes occur in the mucosal membrane of colon in patients affected with portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis. PHC is the main cause of ...

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a potentially reversible neuropsychiatric complication in a patient with acute or chronic liver disease or other causes of portosystemic shunts. HE may be manifested by ...

Simvastatin could be an effective therapy for portal hypertension, according to a study by Abraldes and colleagues, which shows that the drug decreases portal hypertension and improves liver perfusion ...

The pathogenesis of encephalopathy associated with liver disease remains unclear. Gut-derived nitrogenous substances seem likely, owing to the clinical improvement that is seen with the administration ...