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Hipertensão arterial : o endotélio e suas múltiplas funções

Arterial hypertension: endothelium and multiples functions The healthy endothelium normally displays anticoagulant, vasodilatory and anti-inflammatory activities that play a central role in homeostasis. Dysfunction of the endothelium is a common feature of various cardiovascular diseases such as arterial hypertension. A normal endothelium protects against the development of vascular lesions by ...

SURGICAL EXPERIENCE WITH PORTAL HYPERTENSION DUE TO HEPATOPORTAL SCLEROSIS (NONCIRRHOTIC PORTAL FIBROSIS)

Hepatoportal sclerosis or idiopathic portal hypertension has a worldwide distribution with prevalence in developing and temperate countries. Of 64 patients with this disease seen during a twelve year period, 36 underwent splenectomy or a shunt procedure. The indications for surgical intervention were severe hypersplenism and persistent left upper abdominal pain andlorhistory of frequent ep...

Portal circulation and portal hypertension.

During the last 25 years, there have been important developments in visualising the portal vein, in examining its contents, and in measuring the pressure of blood flowing within it. Radiologists have set the scene and now is the time of the scanner. These technical advances have been applied to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with portal hypertension, and many ingenious surgical techniq...

HPC Portal: a Repository of Portal Resources

As computational science is developing, multiple Grid resources are being used widely by scientists and engineers in their work. A Grid portal is an environment and a Web-based application which should be familiar to anyone who has used a Web browser. The growth of Grid applications brings a challenge of how to develop a successful Grid portal. HPC Portal is a generic Grid portal development pr...

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