These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

1.4 Associated with connective tissue disease, HIV infection, portal hypertension, congenital heart disease, schistosomiasis ALK-1 indicates activin receptor-like kinase 1; BMPR2, bone morphogenetic ...

By contrast, a fuller understanding of the pathophysiology of portal hypertension and variceal hemorrhage has occurred only over the past three decades. This has led to significant advances in ...

High blood pressure is a condition wherein you have elevated blood pressure levels. Also known as hypertension or high BP, this happens when the force of blood pushing against the artery walls is ...

Complications such as portal hypertension and variceal bleeding are critical to diagnose but challenging with traditional invasive methods like hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement and ...

The pulmonary vasculature is the exclusive target of disease in PPH, although its pathogenesis ... hypertension include collagen vascular disease, systemic arterial-to-pulmonary artery shunts ...

A 27-year-old woman had had hypertension during her first pregnancy. She had received a diagnosis of preeclampsia in the third trimester.… Each interactive case presents an evolving patient ...

Methods: We utilized data from the NHANES 2017 to March 2020. Multivariate logistic regression models were employed to control for sociodemographic and metabolic factors to determine the associations ...

How to diagnose hypertension to reduce complications such as heart disease, stroke and renal disease caused by persistently high blood pressure Hypertension is persistently raised arterial blood ...

About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, a major risk for heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, even dementia. Many people don’t even realize they have hypertension until it’s done ...