BACKGROUND The incidence of diastolic dysfunction (DD) approaches 40% in patients with cirrhosis. However, the clinical impact of DD remains a subject of considerable debate. Surgery in patients with cirrhosis is innately hazardous. Diastolic heart failure has been linked to increased mortality after transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt surgery (TIPSS). To date, none of the commonly a...

Variceal bleeding is the most important complication of portal hypertension. Mortality due to the first variceal bleeding is very high (50%) and of those surviving a variceal bleeding episode, up to 80% may rebleed. Proper management of the acute variceal bleeding episode, the prevention of rebleeding and primary prophylaxis for variceal haemorrhage are therefore mandatory in order to improve t...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this article was to clarify the optimal management concerning transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPSs) and surgical shunting in treating portal hypertension. METHODS All databases, including CBM, CNKI, WFPD, Medline, EMBASE, PubMed and Cochrane up to February 2014, were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing TIPS with surgical shunti...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether the treatment of a long-acting formulation of octreotide (OCT-LAR) exerted a similar effect on improving the prognosis of patients with portal hypertension compared with placement of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPSs). METHODS A total of 24 patients with portal hypertension who underwent TIPS placement or OCT-LAR treatment fr...

In order to combine the qualities of inorganic and organic ion exchangers, a stable material with good chromatographic properties, a new inorganic-organic ion exchanger Titanium (IV) phosphosulphosalicylate(TiPSS) was synthesized. Sample-1 was chosen for detailed ion exchange studies due to its highest ion exchange capacity, good appearance and chemical stability. Characterization of the resin ...