Cirrhotic portal hypertension, the most prevalent and clinically significant complication of liver cirrhosis, manifests as elevated portal venous pressure and is associated with severe complications.

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) ...

A recent study from MedUni Vienna found that as portal hypertension worsens, inflammation in the body also increases. This means that people with severe liver disease not only have high blood pressure ...

25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany; Martin.Hennenberg{at}ukb.uni-bonn.de In liver cirrhosis, abnormal persistent extrahepatic vasodilation leads to hyperdynamic circulatory dysfunction which essentially ...

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 ...

Rare Disease Day is February 28. Primary sclerosing cholangitis or PSC is a rare liver disease characterized by progressive ...

Adequate Sleep Significantly Reduces the Risk of Hypertension in Adolescents Nov. 11, 2024 — Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of nine to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to ...

The National NCD Portal was rolled out by the government in 2018 under NP-NCD for non communicable diseases (NCDs) screening ...

The National NCD Portal was rolled out by the government in 2018 under NP-NCD for non communicable diseases (NCDs) screening ...

More than 14.6 crore women across the country have been screened for breast cancer, and over nine crore for cervical cancer, ...

Hypothyroidism has been recognized as a cause of secondary hypertension. Previous studies on the prevalence of hypertension in subjects with hypothyroidism have demonstrated elevated blood ...