Medical research
Improving liver transplant waitlist mortality by improved risk assessment
The top priority in the field of transplantation is to ensure that donor organs are allocated to the patients with the greatest need.
Apr 13, 2021
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News tagged with portal hypertension
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beta-blockers display anti-inflammatory effects in advanced liver disease
Approximately 170,000 people die every year in Europe from the direct consequences of advanced chronic liver disease (cirrhosis). In Austria, cirrhosis of the liver is usually due to a fatty liver resulting from excessive ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals the impact of systemic inflammation on disease progression
Every year, liver cirrhosis is responsible for approximately 170,000 deaths in Europe and recent epidemiological data show Austria to be in second place in regard to prevalence of cirrhosis in Europe. Excessive alcohol consumption, ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New method developed for non-invasive risk assessment following hepatitis C recovery
The chronic viral inflammation of the liver that occurs in hepatitis C results in the formation of inflexible scar tissue in the form of fibrosis/cirrhosis of the liver. This impedes the flow of blood through the organ, with ...
Jul 23, 2020
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Medical research
Uncuffing nitric oxide production: Beta-arrestin2 complexes regulate NO levels
The liver filters blood, detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs. Hepatitis, alcohol and primary liver diseases are common sources of damage in the liver and can result in scarring, known as fibrosis. Long-term fibrosis ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Surgery
Von Willebrand factor antigen for assessing the urgency of a liver transplant
Like most other countries, Austria—as part of the Eurotransplant organization—allocates organs to patients on the liver transplant waiting list on the basis of medical urgency. Currently, patients are listed according ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify potential new therapy for liver diseases
Drug therapy may effectively treat a potentially life-threatening condition associated with cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers. The study was posted in March on ...
Mar 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Risk factors identified for late recurrence of liver cancer
(HealthDay)—Late recurrence after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) resection is associated with sex, cirrhosis, and several aggressive tumor characteristics of the initial HCC, according to a study recently published in JAMA ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Under pressure: Understanding how portal hypertension occurs following liver injury
Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have identified a critical regulatory mechanism for the production of nitric oxide (NO). Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is the enzyme responsible ...
May 2, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies a distinct type of common gastrointestinal bleeding
A unique bleeding syndrome associated with cirrhosis and portal hypertension has been identified by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Wake Forest University Medical Center, and the University ...
Apr 21, 2017
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