Knowledge of the anatomy and of the highly pressurized system make it possible to predict alternative communicating routes that allow the redistribution of pressure within the system. The most common ...

Liver diseases can be inherited (such as Wilson disease and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency) or acquired (for example hepatitis and liver cancer). Related Subjects Alcoholic liver disease ...

The following sections examine the use of albumin in patients with chronic liver disease, especially in those with decompensated cirrhosis. Figure 2: Reduction in effective arterial blood volume ...

We read, with great interest, Dr Gola et al 's1 manuscript entitled “Economic analysis of costs for patients with end stage liver disease over the last year of life”, in which the authors clearly ...

This congenital condition occurs when the bile ducts inside or outside the liver do not develop normally. It is not known why the biliary system fails to develop normally. In babies with biliary ...

Methods and Results—Fifteen patients with atrial fibrillation refractory to medication underwent circumferential isolation of the pulmonary veins by using a novel catheter, with an ultrasound ...

We read the article of Browning et al 1 about comparative gene expression profiling of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and ocular vascular endothelial cells with interest. The authors ...