An investigational TIVUS system is designed to denervate nerves surrounding blood vessels to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, including renal artery denervation (RDN) for hypertension.

Portal hypertension may not be associated with any clinical abnormalities but is usually accompanied by splenomegaly, esophageal varices, ascites or symptoms resulting from shunting of venous ...

In patients with hepatic cirrhosis, carvedilol was better at controlling portal hypertension and yielded a higher response rate than first-line therapy, propranolol. Among patients with hepatic ...

SEQUELAE of portal hypertension directly or indirectly constitute the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic liver disease. The pathologic physiology of this state is incompletely ...

Colonic manifestations of portal hypertension include enlarged hemorrhoids, rectal varices and endoscopic features of diffuse vascular ectasia. The frequency of at least one of these features in ...

Objectives: This study aims to assess the clinical value of dynamic monitoring of optic nerve sheath diameter using critical care ultrasound in the management of patients with intracranial ...

Arterial hypertension is characterized by microvasculature changes and reduced tissue perfusion. It is unknown whether a sexual dimorphism of renal microcirculation is present in patients with ...

The most famous long-term complication is anastomotic stricture, whereas non-cirrhotic portal hypertension secondary to cholangiointestinal anastomotic stricture is rare. Case summary: Here we report ...

Although mechanistic pathways have been discovered, it is unknown how these and as of yet unknown mediators of preeclampsia can impact fetal heart development and their long-term consequences in the ...