N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (nt-proBNP) is an established marker of heart failure in adult cardiology. We analyzed nt-proBNP in the circulation of fetuses with increased volume load ...

Patients with cirrhosis usually have abnormalities in systemic and pulmonary circulation characterized by increased cardiac output, associated with decreased systemic vascular resistance and blood ...

Almost all adult recipients who undergo LDLT develop liver cirrhosis with long-term portal hypertension. Portal hypertension results in vascular dilatation and collateral pathways. Thus, various ...

Liver cirrhosis has been recently studied in the light of the new view of the renin angiotensin system (RAS). While the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-Ang 2-AT1 receptor arm contributes to liver ...

Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is the condition in which the mucosa in the stomach undergoes some changes; the change denotes the existence of ectasia at the surface of mucosa, and widening of ...